Famous Quotes from Albert Einstein

Here are some of his most famous quotes.

* In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

* Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius (and a lot of courage) to move in the opposite direction.

* A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin - what else does a man need to be happy?

* Imagination is more important than knowledge.

* Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

* One does not make wars less likely by formulating rules of warfare.

* Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

* I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.

* If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

* The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

* Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

* The only real valuable thing is intuition.

* A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

* Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

* I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

* Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

* Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

* Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.

* Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

* Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

* The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

* The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

* Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

* The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

* We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

* Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
* The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

* If A is a success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut.

* Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.

* As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain. As far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

* I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

* The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

* How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

* The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking.

* Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

* You see - wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: You send signals here, and they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
(http://www.ruhanirabin.com/2007/04/27/famous-quotes-from-albert-einstein/)

-------------------------------------------------------------