Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
In the view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who says there is no God. But what makes me really angry is that they quote me...
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for instance, that I will something or other; but what relation this has with freed...
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained b...
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civiliza...
A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.