I
want to know God's thoughts...the rest are details.
If A equals
success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play.
Z is keep your mouth shut.
If we knew
what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would
it?
If you
are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Imagination
is more important than knowledge.
Insanity:
doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Intellectuals
solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
Isn't it
strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such
a popular fellow?
It gives
me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible
nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
It is high
time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of
service.
Joy in
looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
Lasting
harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed
rather disgracefully.
Learn from
yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing
is to not stop questioning.
Life is
like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving
Nationalism
is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind
Not everything
that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted.
On the
big Bang theory: "For every one billion particles of antimatter
there were one billion and one particles of matter. And when the mutual
annihilation was complete, one billionth remained - and that's our
present universe."
A
finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into
the world of objective perception and thought.
A man's
ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education,
and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed
be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment
and hope of reward after death.
A question
that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Any intelligent
fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of
genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Weakness
of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Anyone
who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
As far
as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain;
and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Common
sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Do not
worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are
far greater.
Do you
believe in immortality? No, and one life is enough for me
Everything
should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
Example
isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
Few are
those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Gravitation
is not responsible for people falling in love.
Great spirits
have always found violent opposition from mediocrity's. The latter cannot
understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices
but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence
