Quotes from Albert Einstein

A truly rational theory would allow us to deduce the elementary particles (electron, etc.) and not be forced to state them a priori.

I am thankful to all those who said no. It's because of them I did it myself.

Read the Pig of Eden

If I am full of confident hope concerning the progress of international organization in general, that feeling is based not so much on my confidence in the intelligence and high-mindedness of my fellows, but rather on the irresistible pressure of economic developments

La découverte des réactions atomiques en chaîne ne constitue pas pour l'humanité un danger plus grand que l'invention des allumettes. Mais nous devons tout entreprendre pour supprimer le mauvais usage du moyen.

Michele has left this strange world a little before me. This means nothing.

I admire the elegance of his calculation method; it must be great to ride those fields on the horse of genuine mathematics while we have to do our hard work on foot

Para que sea eficaz el comportamiento ético de los hombres debe basarse en la compasión, la educación y en motivos sociales: no necesita de ninguna base religiosa. Sería muy triste por parte de la humanidad si sólo se refrenara por miedo al castigo y por esperanza de un premio después de la muerte.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

am quite aware that it is necessary for the achievement of the objective of an organization that one man should do the thinking and directing and generally bear the responsibility. But the led must not be coerced, they must be able to choose their leader. An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.

La vida es muy peligrosa. No por las personas que hacen el mal, sino por las que se sientan a ver lo que pasa

As a human being one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

Creo que la sobrevalorización de lo intelectual en nuestra educación, dirigida hacia la eficiencia y la practicidad, ha perjudicado los valores éticos.

The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.

What you can count, doesn't count for much. What you cannot count, counts for everything

The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution... To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.

production." Their difficulties were overcome only when it was successfully established that, for any given amount of heat produced by friction

What I want to know is whether God had any choice in the creation of the universe.

It was the experience of mystery—even if mixed with fear—that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds—it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man.

There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own.

No es suficiente enseñar a los hombres una especialidad. Con ello se convierten en máquinas utilizables pero no en individuos válidos. Tiene que recibir un sentimiento vivo de lo bello y lo moralmente bueno. En caso contrario se parece más a un perro bien amaestrado que a un entre armónicamente desarrollado.

Le persone iniziano a vivere per la prima volta solo quando diventano capaci di non vivere per se stesse

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. " – Albert Einstein