#10 Alice Calaprice: The Quotable Einsteinġ0. Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. ![]() Quoted in the New York Times, June 20, 1932, pg. #9 In answer to a question asked by the editors of Youth, a journal of Young Israel of Williamsburg, NY. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. The important thing is not to stop questioning. #8 Old Man’s Advice to Youth: ‘Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.’, LIFE Magazine,, p. Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. (Also quoted in The Ultimate Quotable Einstein) #7 As quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist, 1949ħ. Life is sacred - that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate. The life of the individual has meaning only in so far as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.Ħ. People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live… never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born. #4 In a letter to Otto Juliusburger, September 29, 1942Ĥ. ![]() Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it. #3 Speech to students at the California Institute of Technology, in “Einstein Sees Lack in Applying Science”, The New York Times, 16 February 1931ģ. A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future. “It comes soon enough.” #2 The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Vol. In 1999 Time magazine named him the Person of the Century, and in the words of a biographer, “to the scientifically literate and the public at large, Einstein is synonymous with genius.”Īlbert Einstein in 1947, Credit: Wikipedia Albert Einstein Sayings #1 The Literary Digest: Volume 107 on p. Despite his reservations about its interpretation, Einstein also made contributions to quantum mechanics and, indirectly, quantum field theory, primarily through his theoretical studies of the photon.Įinstein published more than 300 scientific works and more than 150 non-scientific works. ![]() He also made important contributions to statistical mechanics, especially his treatment of Brownian motion, his resolution of the paradox of specific heats, and his connection of fluctuations and dissipation. However, if you sit on a hot stove, the minute will be an hour.Īlbert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was an ethnically Jewish, German-born, theoretical physicist of the 20th century who is best known for his theories of special relativity and general relativity. To simplify the concept of relativity, I always use the following example: if you sit with a girl on a garden bench and the moon is shining, then for you the hour will be a minute. How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? #3 Einstein and the Poet, 1983, p.87ģ. ![]() #2 Symposium on Structure of Enzymes and Proteins, 1956, p. Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do - but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it. #1 Albert Einstein: The Human Side, 1979, p.56ġ. Photo credit: Wikipedia, Albert Einstein Quotes on Love and Sayings Albert Einstein Quotes on Love and Sayings
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