Albert Einstein is famous for his equation E=mc
2. But Einstein's wisdom was not restricted to the sciences. On this page you will read Einstein quotes that manifest the scientist as a thinker and philosopher.
- Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
- Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
- If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
- People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.
- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
- If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
- It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
- Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
- If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
- Nationalism is an infantile disease.
- Force always attracts men of low morality.
- Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
