Occasionally I make the random Albert Einstein posting. I haven't made one for awhile so here it is. :)
I have several hundred quotes from Albert Einstein that I’ve collected, here are a few of my favorites:
Any 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.
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of goodwill! In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot.
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
