That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is...
It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
If my theory of relativity is proven successful Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue France will say that I am a...
As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.
Imagination is the highest form of research.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it's two hours. That's relativity.
A successful man is he who receives a great deal from his fellow men usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service to them. The value of a man however should be seen in what he gives an...
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed.
God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.
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.
Love is a better master than duty.