Albert Einstein

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity.

The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.

The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.

How was I able to live alone before, my little everything? Without you I lack self-confidence, passion for work, and enjoyment of life--in short, without you, my life is no life. [Written to his wife, Mileva]

We are here for the sake of others

Nonsense, seems to sum up everything.

It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.

The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.

Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.

The state was made for man, not man for state.

The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against traditional religion as the "opium of the masses"—cannot hear the music of the spheres.

No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake

Our task is to widen our circle of compassion to include all living beings and all of nature

When Albert Einstein was asked what he would really like to know about the Universe he replied,'is it friendly?

artificial intellegance is no match for natural stupidity

Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.

Why is it that no one understands me and everybody likes me

The laws of gravity cannot be held responcible for people falling in love.

You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.

In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous.

Don't do anything that goes against your conscience, even if your country says so.