Background Image
You Imagine That I Look Back On My Life's Work With Calm Satisfaction. But From Nearby It Looks Quite Different. There Is Not A Single Concept Of Which I Am Convinced That It Will Stand Firm, And I Feel Uncertain Whether I Am In General On The Right Track.
-Albert Einstein
Please Wait....
Translating....

You Imagine That I

Albert Einstein
You Imagine That I Look Back On My Life's Work With Calm Satisfaction. But From Nearby It Looks Quite Different. There Is Not A Single Concept Of Which I Am Convinced That It Will Stand Firm, And I Feel Uncertain Whether I Am In General On The Right Track.
Views: 8758
Topic
Track
Different
Looks
More From Albert Einstein
You Can't Blame Gravity For Falling In Love.
Love
Fall
Blame Someone
Many Of The Things You Can Count, Don't Count. Many Of The Things You Can't Count, Really Count.
Success
Money
Crazy
I Assert That The Cosmic Religious Experience Is The Strongest And The Noblest Driving Force Behind Scientific Research.
Religious
Science
Religion
Life Is Like A Bicycle; Keep Moving On To Maintain Balance.
Moving
Balance
Life Is Like
Remember Today, For It Is The Beginning Of Always. Today Marks The Start Of A Brave New Future Filled With All Your Dreams Can Hold. Think Truly To The Future And Make Those Dreams Come True.
Dream
Thinking
Brave
The Mind Can Proceed Only So Far Upon What It Knows And Can Prove. There Comes A Point Where The Mind Takes A Higher Plane Of Knowledge, But Can Never Prove How It Got There. All Great Discoveries Have Involved Such A Leap
Writing
Knowledge
Science
The Life Of The Individual Has Meaning Only Insofar As It Aids In Making The Life Of Every Living Thing Nobler And More Beautiful. Life Is Sacred, That Is To Say, It Is The Supreme Value, To Which All Other Values Are Subordinate.
Life
Beautiful
Sacred
Philosophers Play With The Word, Like A Child With A Doll.... It Does Not Mean That Everything In Life Is Relative.
Children
Mean
Play
Then There Are The Fanatical Atheists Whose Intolerance Is Of The Same Kind As The Intolerance Of The Religious Fanatics And Comes From The Same Source.
Religious
Atheist
Kind
Considered Logically This Concept Is Not Identical With The Totality Of Sense Impressions Referred To; But It Is An Arbitrary Creation Of The Human (or Animal) Mind.
Animal
Perception
Mind
From The Standpoint Of Daily Life, However, There Is One Thing We Do Know: That We Are Here For The Sake Of Each Other - Above All For Those Upon Whose Smile And Well-being Our Own Happiness Depends, And Also For The Countless Unknown Souls With Whose Fate We Are Connected By A Bond Of Sympathy. Many Times A Day I Realize How Much My Own Outer And Inner Life Is Built Upon The Labors Of My Fellow Men, Both Living And Dead, And How Earnestly I Must Exert Myself In Order To Give In Return As Much As I Have Received.
Inspirational
Life
Smile
What Counts Can't Always Be Counted; What Can Be Counted Doesn't Always Count.
Inspirational
Priorities
If I Am Right The Germans Will Say I Was A German, And The French Will Say I Was A Jew; If I Am Wrong The Germans Will Say I Was A Jew And The French Will Say I Was A German.
Judaism
Jew
Ifs
Generations To Come Will Scarce Believe That Such A One As This Ever In Flesh And Blood Walked Upon This Earth. (said Of Mahatma Gandhi)
Believe
Blood
Generations
Ethical Axioms Are Found And Tested Not Very Differently From The Axioms Of Science. Truth Is What Stands The Test Of Experience.
Truth
Honesty
Understanding
Somebody Who Only Reads Newspapers And At Best Books Of Contemporary Authors Looks To Me Like An Extremely Near-sighted Person Who Scorns Eyeglasses. He Is Completely Dependent On The Prejudices And Fashions Of His Times, Since He Never Gets To See Or Hear Anything Else.
Inspirational
Spiritual
Fashion
Academic Chairs Are Many, But Wise And Noble Teachers Are Few; Lecture-rooms Are Numerous And Large, But The Number Of Young People Who Genuinely Thirst After Truth And Justice Is Small
Wise
Teacher
Numbers
Freedom Of Teaching And Of Opinion In Book Or Press Is The Foundation For The Sound And Natural Development Of Any People.
Education
Book
Teaching
The Comprehensibility Of The World Seems To Me A Wonder Or Eternal Secret. Here Lies The Sense Of Wonder Which Increases Even More With The Development Of Our Knowledge.
Lying
Secret
Development
The World Is Not Full Of Evil Because Of Those Who Do Wrong. It Is Full Of Evil Because Of Those Who Do Nothing.
Change
Evil
Words Of Wisdom
An Evening Everyone Agrees, Is A Lost Evening.
Evening
Lost
Agree
No, This Trick Won't Work... How On Earth Are You Ever Going To Explain In Terms Of Chemistry And Physics So Important A Biological Phenomenon As First Love?
Love
Important
I Love You
If People Would Only Talk About What They Understood, Earth Would Be A Very Quiet Place.
People
Would Be
Earth
If You Are Out To Describe The Truth, Leave Elegance To The Tailor. On Being Reproached That His Formula Of Gravitation Was Longer And More Cumbersome Than Newton's.
Science
Tailors
Newton
You Believe In A God Who Plays Dice, I In Complete Law And Order.
Believe
Order
Law
If I Were To Remain Silent, I'd Be Guilty Of Complicity.
Inspirational
Spiritual
Guilty
Imagination Is The Most Powerful Force In The Universe.
Powerful
Pay The Price
Civilization
A Man Must Learn To Understand The Motives Of Human Beings, Their Illusions, And Their Sufferings.
Memorable
Men
Suffering
Evil Does Not Exist Sir, Or At Least It Does Not Exist Unto Itself. Evil Is Simply The Absence Of God. It Is Just Like Darkness And Cold, A Word That Man Has Created To Describe The Absence Of God. God Did Not Create Evil. Evil Is Not Like Faith, Or Love That Exist Just As Does Light And Heat. Evil Is The Result Of What Happens When Man Does Not Have God's Love Present In His Heart. It's Like The Cold That Comes When There Is No Heat Or The Darkness That Comes When There Is No Light.
Heart
Men
Light
You Can Never Solve A Problem On The Level On Which It Was Created.
Love
Inspirational
Life
The Work On Satisfactory Formulation Of Technical Patents Was A True Blessing For Me. It Compelled Me To Be Many-sided In Thought, And Also Offered Important Stimulation For Thought About Physics. Following A Practical Profession Is A Blessing For People Of My Type. Because The Academic Career Puts A Young Person In A Sort Of Compulsory Situation To Produce Scientific Papers In Impressive Quantity, A Temptation To Superficiality Arises That Only Strong Characters Are Able To Resist.
Blessing
Thinking
Temptation
You Teach Me Baseball And I'll Teach You Relativity...no We Must Not. You Will Learn About Relativity Faster Than I Learn Baseball.
Sports
Baseball
Faster
There Is No Scientific Antidote, Only Education. You've Got To Change The Way People Think. I Am Not Interested In Disarmament Talks Between Nations . . . What I Want To Do Is To Disarm The Mind. After That, Everything Else Will Automatically Follow. The Ultimate Weapon For Such Mental Disarmament Is International Education.
Thinking
People
Mind
Nothing Happens Until Something Moves. When Something Vibrates, The Electrons Of The Entire Universe Resonate With It. Everything Is Connected.
Moving
Connected
Electrons
I Have Never Belonged Wholeheartedly To Country Or State, To My Circle Of Friends Or Even To My Own Family... Such Isolation Is Sometimes Bitter, But I Do Not Regret Being Cut Off From The Understanding And Sympathy Of Other Men. I Lose Something By It,to Be Sure, But I Am Compensated For It In Being Rendered Independent Of The Customs, Opinions And Prejudices Of Others, And Am Not Tempted To Rest My Peace Of Mind Upon Such Shifting Foundations.
Life
Country
Regret
The Physicist's Greatest Tool Is His Wastebasket.
Science
Engineering
Experience
Learning Is The Beginning Of Wealth. Searching And Learning Is Where The Miracle Process All Begins. The Great Breakthrough In Your Life Comes When You Realize It That You Can Learn Anything You Need To Learn To Accomplish Any Goal That You Set For Yourself. This Means There Are No Limits On What You Can Be, Have Or Do.
Mean
Goal
Miracle
I Hate All The Loathsome Nonsense That Goes With Patriotism.
Hate
Nonsense
I Hate
It Is Not So Important Where One Settles Down. The Best Thing Is To Follow Your Instincts Without Too Much Reflection.
Memorable
Reflection
Important
Every Kind Of Peaceful Cooperation Among Men Is Primarily Based On Mutual Trust And Only Secondarily On Institutions Such As Courts Of Justice And Police.
Inspirational
Trust
Peace
I Want To Know All God's Thoughts.
Want
Knows
Since Our Inner Experiences Consist Of Reproductions, And Combinations Of Sensory Impressions, The Concept Of A Soul Without A Body Seem To Me To Be Empty And Devoid Of Meaning.
Atheist
Soul
Religion
All Our Thinking Is Of This Nature, A Free Play With Concepts.
Thinking
Play
Free Play
It Is True That My Parents Were Worried Because I Began To Speak Fairly Late, So That They Even Consulted A Doctor. I Can't Say How Old I Was - But Surely Not Less Than Three.
Doctors
Parent
Three
In The Midst Of Every Crisis, Lies Great Opportunity.
Lying
Opportunity
Midst
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 By Fear Of Punishment And Hope Of Reward After Death.
Sympathy
God
Death
Memory Is Deceptive Because It Is Colored By Today's Events.
Love
Inspirational
Life
Conceptions Without Experience Are Void; Experience Without Conceptions Is Blind.
Experience
Void
Blind
God Doesn't; Shoot Crap With The Universe.your Innermost Thoughts Are Beliefs That Unfold As Your Universe.
Belief
Crap
Universe
God Is Subtle But He Is Not Malicious.
Life
Motivational
Math
Not All That Counts, Can Be Counted
Artists And Creative Workers - People Who Have Accomplished Work Worthwhile Have Had A Very High Sense Of The Way To Do Things. They Haven't Been Contented With Mediocrity. They Haven't Confined Themselves To The Beaten Tracks; They Have Never Been Satisfied To Do Things Just As Others Do Them, But Always A Little Better. Few Are Those Who See With Their Own Eyesand Feel With Their Own Hearts.
Heart
Artist
Track
...intelligence And Character Of The Masses Are Incomparably Lower Than The Intelligence And Character Of The Few Who Produce Something Valuable For The Community.
Character
Community
Time Capsules
My Life Is A Simple Thing That Would Interest No One. It Is A Known Fact That I Was Born, And That Is All That Is Necessary.
Simple
Facts
Life Is
Since 99.362% Of Women Love Mustache Rides, It Seems Only A Fool Would Have A Bare Upper Lip.
Mustache
Fool
Lips
One Can Only Continue To Expect To Be Read If One Omits Everything That Is Unimportant.
Ifs
Unimportant
Engineering Is Not Only Study Of 45 Subjects But It Is Moral Studies Of Intellectual Life. Make Things As Simple As Possible..but Not Simpler.
Simple
Engineering
Intellectual
Watch The Stars, And From Them Learn.
Stars
Watches
Pure Logical Thinking Cannot Yield Us Any Knowledge Of The Empirical World. All Knowledge Of Reality Starts From Experience And Ends In It.
Science
Reality
Thinking
Scientists Investigate That Which Already Is; Engineers Create That Which Has Never Been.
Engineering
Design
Scientist
Do Not Worry About Your Difficulties In Mathematics. I Can Assure You Mine Are Still Greater.
Love
Inspirational
Life
When I'm Judging A Theory, I Ask Myself Whether, If I Were God, I Would Have Arranged The World In Such A Way.
Judging
World
Way
Let Me Tell You What I Look Like: Pale Face, Long Hair, And A Tiny Start Of A Paunch. In Addition, An Awkward Gait, And A Cigar In The Mouth And A Pen In Pocket Or Hand.
Hair
Hands
Long
In My Opinion There Is No Other Salvation For Civilization And Even For The Human Race Than The Creation Of A World Government With Security On The Basis Of Law. As Long As There Are Sovereign States With Their Separate Armaments And Armament Secrets, New World Wars Cannot Be Avoided.
War
Science
World Government
Men Like Henry George [ The Pioneer Of Land Value Taxation] Are Rare, Unfortunately. One Cannot Imagine A More Beautiful Combination Of Intellectual Keenness, Artistic Form, And Fervent Love Of Justice.
Beautiful
Men
Land
The Idea Of A Personal God Is Quite Alien To Me And Seems Even Naïve.
Ideas
Aliens
Free Thinkers
You Can Never Solve A Problem With The Same Kind Of Thinking That Created The Problem In The First Place.
Inspirational
Success
Thinking
Strange Is Our Situation Here Upon Earth.
Interesting
Earth Day
Strange
The History Of Scientific And Technical Discovery Teaches Us That The Human Race Is Poor In Independent And Creative Imagination.
Independent
Race
Discovery
Of All The Communities Available To Us, There Is Not One I Would Want To Devote Myself To Except For The Society Of The True Seekers, Which Has Very Few Living Members At Any One Time.
Science
Community
Want
As Far As I'm Concerned, I Prefer Silent Vice To Ostentatious Virtue.
Love
Inspirational
Life
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 Knowledge.
Inspirational
Positive
Wisdom
The Bigotry Of The Nonbeliever Is For Me Nearly As Funny As The Bigotry Of The Believer.
Believe
Atheism
Belief
Everyone Must Become Their Own Person, However Frightful That May Be.
Inspirational
Spiritual
May
Anti-semitism Is Nothing But The Antagonistic Attitude Produced In The Non-jew By The Jewish Group. This Is A Normal Social Reaction. The Jewish Group Has Thrived On Oppression And On The Antagonism It Has Forever Met In The World... The Root Cause Is Their Use Of Enemies They Create In Order To Keep Solidarity.
Attitude
Order
Roots
We Must Not Conceal From Ourselves That No Improvement In The Present Depressing Situation Is Possible Without A Severe Struggle; For The Handful Of Those Who Are Really Determined To Do Something Is Minute In Comparison With The Mass Of The Lukewarm And The Misguided. And Those Who Have An Interest In Keeping The Machinery Of War Going Are A Very Powerful Body; They Will Stop At Nothing To Make Public Opinion Subservient To Their Murderous Ends.
Depressing
Powerful
War
Here's A Challenge: Study A Complicated Topic In Such Detail That Anyone Interested Can Nod Their Head And Understand As You Explain Specific Concepts Within The Topic.
Challenges
Details
Topics
The Only Thing We Can Be Certain Of In This Life Is That We Can Be Certain Of Nothing.
Wise
Life Is
This Life
Nothing Happens Unless Something Moves.
Moving
Happens
Things Happen
A Woman Is Always Right. But Sometimes Confused Or May Be Misinformed Or Rude Or Stubborn Or Senseless Or Unchangeable About Her Opinions Or Even Down Right Stupid At Times But Never Wrong... She Is Always Right.
Confused
Stupid
Rude
Long Hair Minimizes The Need For Barbers; Socks Can Be Done Without; One Leather Jacket Solves The Coat Problem For Many Years; Suspenders Are Superfluous.
Years
Leather Jackets
Hair
I Feel That You Are Justified In Looking Into The Future With True Assurance, Because You Have A Mode Of Living In Which We Find The Joy Of Life And The Joy Of Work Harmoniously Combined. Added To This Is The Spirit Of Ambition Which Pervades Your Very Being, And Seems To Make The Day's Work Like A Happy Child At Play.
Life
Children
Future
A Forced Faithfulness Is A Bitter Fruit For All Concerned.
Fruit
Bitter
Faithfulness
[asked About A Book In Which 100 Nazi Professors Charged Him With Scientific Error.] Were I Wrong, One Professor Would Have Been Quite Enough.
Book
Errors
Nazi
There Is, However, One Other Human Right Which Is Infrequently Mentioned But Which Seems To Be Destined To Become Very Important: This Is The Right, Or The Duty, Of The Individual To Abstain From Cooperating In Activities Which He Considers Wrong Or Pernicious.
Important
Individual
Duty
I Want To Go When I Want. It Is Tasteless To Prolong Life Artificially. I Have Done My Share, It Is Time To Go. I Will Do It Elegantly.
Death
Done
Want
It Is Our American Habit If We Find The Foundations Of Our Educational Structure Unsatisfactory To Add Another Story Or Wing. We Find It Easier To Add A New Study Or Course Or Kind Of School Than To Recognize Existing Conditions So As To Meet The Need. Strangled The Holy Curious Of Inquiry. It Is A Very Grave Mistake To Think That The Enjoyment Of Seeing And Searching Can Be Promoted By Means Of Coercion And A Sense Of Duty.
Education
Mistake
School
But In Physics I Soon Learned To Scent Out The Paths That Led To The Depths, And To Disregard Everything Else, All The Many Things That Clutter Up The Mind, And Divert It From The Essential. The Hitch In This Was, Of Course, The Fact That One Had To Cram All This Stuff Into One's Mind For The Examination, Whether One Liked It Or Not.
Science
Mind
Depth
Check Out Not To Become A Man Or Woman Of Achievement, But Instead Seek To Become A Particular Person Of Price.
Men
Checks
Persons
The Content Of Scientific Theory Itself Offers No Moral Foundation For The Personal Conduct Of Life.
Foundation
Moral
Theory
I Soon Learned To Scent Out That Which Was Able To Lead To Fundamentals And To Turn Aside From Everything Else, From The Multitude Of Things Which Clutter Up The Mind And Divert It From The Essential.
Priorities
Mind
Essentials
Without Creative, Independently Thinking And Judging Personalities The Upward Development Of Society Is As Unthinkable As The Development Of The Individual Personality Without The Nourishing Soil Of The Community.
Thinking
Judging
Creative
Older Men Start Wars, But Younger Men Fight Them.
War
Fighting
Men
I Believe The Most Important Mission Of The State Is To Protect The Individual And Make It Possible For Him To Develop Into A Creative Personality.
Believe
Personality
Creative
In The Past It Never Occurred To Me That Every Casual Remark Of Mine Would Be Snatched Up And Recorded. Otherwise I Would Have Crept Further Into My Shell.
Past
Would Be
Shells
Each Of Us Is Here For A Brief Sojourn; For What Purpose He Knows Not, Though He Sometimes Thinks He Senses It. But Without Deeper Reflection One Knows From Daily Life That One Exists For Other People.
Inspirational
Life
Reflection
Since The Mathematicians Have Invaded The Theory Of Relativity I Do Not Understand It Myself Any More.
Math
Computer
Theory
That A Man Can Take Pleasure In Marching In Formation To The Strains Of A Band Is Enough To Make Me Despise Him. He Has Only Been Given His Big Brain By Mistake; A Backbone Was All He Needed.
Business
Mistake
Men
Cherish The Questions, For The Answers Keep Changing.
Answers
Cherish
Compound Interest Is The Eighth Natural Wonder Of The World And The Most Powerful Thing I Have Ever Encountered.
Powerful
Natural Wonders
World
You Are Right In Speaking Of The Moral Foundations Of Science, But You Cannot Turn Around And Speak Of The Scientific Foundations Of Morality.
Foundation
Morality
Speak
The Wonder Of Nature Does Not Become Smaller Because One Cannot Measure It By The Standards Of Human Moral And Human Aims.
Nature
Doe
Moral
When I Study Philosophical Works I Feel I Am Swallowing Something Which I Don't Have In My Mouth.
Philosophy
Philosophical
Swallowing
Don't Let Your Brain Interfere With Your Heart.
Heart
Brain
Interfere
Violence Sometimes May Have Cleared Away Obstructions Quickly, But It Never Has Proved Itself Creative.
Faith
Inspiration
Creative
I Fully Agree With You About The Significance And Educational Value Of As Well As History And Philosophy Of Science. So Many People Today - And Even Professional - Seem To Me Like Someone Who Has Seen Thousands Of Trees But Has Never Seen A Forest. A Knowledge Of The Historic And Philosophical Background Gives That Kind Of Independence From Prejudices Of His Generation From Which Most Scientists Are Suffering. This Independence Created By Philosophical Insight Is - In My Opinion - The Mark Of Distinction Between A Mere Artisan Or Specialist And A Real Seeker After Truth.
Philosophy
Real
Educational
Man Can Find Meaning In Life Only Through Devoting Himself To Society.
Men
Meaning Of Life
Find Me
For Science Can Only Ascertain What Is, But Not What Should Be, And Outside Of Its Domain Value Judgments Of All Kinds Remain Necessary. Religion, On The Other Hand, Deals Only With Evaluations Of Human Thought And Action: It Cannot Justifiably Speak Of Facts And Relationships Between Facts.
Hands
Evaluation
Facts
After A Certain High Level Of Technical Skill Is Achieved Science And Art Tend To Coalesce In Aesthetics, Plasticity, And Form. The Greatest Scientists Are Artists As Well.
Art
Skills
Levels
Love Is Not The Stupidest Thing A Man Does, But It Cannot Be Blamed On Gravity.
Love Is
Men
Doe
The Height Of Stupidity Is Most Clearly Demonstrated By The Individual Who Ridicules Something He Knows Nothing About.
Stupid
Height
Individual
Anyone Who Doesn't Take Truth Seriously In Small Matters Cannot Be Trusted In Large Ones Either.
Inspirational
Trust
Truth
Compound Interest On Debt Was The Banker's Greatest Invention, To Capture, And Enslave, A Productive Society.
Bankers
Debt
Invention
In Any Conflict Between Humanity And Technology, Humanity Will Win.
Winning
Technology
Humanity
One Must Not Attempt To Justify Them, But Rather To Sense Their Nature Simply And Clearly.
Nature
Acceptance
Mindfulness
I Am Truly A "lone Traveler" And Have Never Belonged To My Country, My Home, My Friends, Or Even My Immediate Family, With My Whole Heart.
Family
Country
Home
The Solution To This Problem Lies In The Heart Of Mankind.
Lying
Heart
Nuclear
Selection [of Un Delegates] By Governments Cannot Give The Peoples Of The World The Feeling Of Being Fairly And Proportionately Represented. The Moral Authority Of The Un Would Be Considerable Enhanced If The Delegates Were Elected Directly By The People. Were They Responsible To An Electorate, They Would Have Much More Freedom To Follow Their Consciences.
Government
People
Giving
Nothing In The World Makes People So Afraid As The Influence Of Independent-minded People.
Business
Independent
People
Not Until We Dare To Regard Ourselves As A Nation, Not Until We Respect Ourselves, Can We Gain The Esteem Of Others, Or Rather Only Then Will It Come Of Its Own Accord
Gains
Dare
Accord
Mankind Must Give Up War In The Atomic Era. What Is At Stake Is The Life Or Death Of Humanity.
Peace
Giving Up
War
The World Is A Dangerous Place To Live
Dangerous World
Evil
Apathy
Imagination Without Knowledge May Create Beautiful Things, Knowledge Without Imagination Can Create Only Perfect Ones.
Beautiful
Perfect
Imagination
A Scientist Is A Mimosa When He Himself Has Made A Mistake, And A Roaring Lion When He Discovers A Mistake Of Others.
Mistake
Memorable
Academic Life
The Theory Must Not Contradict Empirical Facts.
Facts
Theory
I Have Always Eaten Animal Flesh With A Somewhat Guilty Conscience.
Food
Animal
Flesh
The Human Spirit Must Prevail Over Technology.
Inspirational
Spiritual
Science
Have The Courage To Take Your Own Thoughts Seriously, For They Will Shape You.
Courage
Bravery
Shapes
I Advocate World Government Because I Am Convinced That There Is No Other Possible Way Of Eliminating The Most Terrible Danger In Which Man Has Ever Found Himself. The Objective Of Avoiding Total Destruction Must Have Priority Over Any Other Objective.
Men
Priorities
Political
Force Always Attracts Men Of Low Morality.
Love
Life
Leadership
Solutions To Tough Problems Should Be Made As Simple As Possible - And No Simpler.
Simple
Tough
Problem
It Followed From The Special Theory Of Relativity That Mass And Energy Are Both But Different Manifestations Of The Same Thing...
Special
Energy
Different
You Cannot Prevent And Prepare For War At The Same Time.
Time
War
Preparation
If One Day You Have To Choose Between The World And Love, Remember This: If You Choose The World You’ll Be Left Without Love, But If You Choose Love, With It You Will Conquer The World
World And Love
Conquer The World
One Day
The Word God Is For Me Nothing More Than The Expression And Product Of Human Weaknesses.
Atheist
Science
Expression
I Would Absolutely Refuse Any Direct Or Indirect War Service And Would Try To Persuade My Friends To Do The Same, Regardless Of The Reasons For The Cause Of A War.
War
Trying
Causes
I Do Not Believe That A Moral Philosophy Can Ever Be Founded On A Scientific Basis. … The Valuation Of Life And All Its Nobler Expressions Can Only Come Out Of The Soul’s Yearning Toward Its Own Destiny. Every Attempt To Reduce Ethics To Scientific Formulas Must Fail. Of That I Am Perfectly Convinced.
Life
Philosophy
Believe
The Only Thing That You Absolutely Have To Know, Is The Location Of The Library.
Inspirational
Spiritual
Reading
However We Select From Nature A Complex [of Phenomena] Using The Criterion Of Simplicity, In No Case Will Its Theoretical Treatment Turn Out To Be Forever Appropriate (sufficient).... I Do Not Doubt That The Day Will Come When [general Relativity], Too, Will Have To Yield To Another One, For Reasons Which At Present We Do Not Yet Surmise. I Believe That This Process Of Deepening Theory Has No Limits.
Believe
Yield
Simplicity
I Am Satisfied With The Mystery Of The Eternity Of Life.
Atheist
Eternity Of Life
If There Is A God
Brief Is This Existence, As A Visit In A Strange House. The Path To Be Pursued Is Poorly Lit By A Flickering Consciousness.
House
Path
Strange
My Sailing System Set Sail, Make It Fast, No Thoughts Of Energy Or Velocity, Loll Back, Let Boat Drift.
Sailing
Energy
Velocity
An Oligarchy Of Private Capital Cannot Be Effectively Checked Even By A Democratically Organized Political Society Because Under Existing Conditions, Private Capitalists Inevitably Control, Directly Or Indirectly, The Main Sources Of Information.
Political
Oligarchy
Information
Don't Listen To Their Words, Fix Your Attention On Their Deeds.
Fear
Attention
Deeds
By An Application Of The Theory Of Relativity To The Taste Of Readers, Today In Germany I Am Called A German Man Of Science, And In England I Am Represented As A Swiss Jew. If I Come To Be Represented As A Bête Noire, The Descriptions Will Be Reversed, And I Shall Become A Swiss Jew For The Germans And A German Man Of Science For The English!
Science
Men
Germany
Yes, We Now Have To Divide Up Our Time Like That, Between Politics And Our Equations. But To Me Our Equations Are Far More Important, For Politics Are Only A Matter Of Present Concern. A Mathematical Equation Stands Forever.
Motivational
Wisdom
Math
Raffiniert Ist Der Herr Gott, Aber Boshaft Ist Er Nicht. God Is Subtle, But He Is Not Malicious.
Science
Subtle
Mathematical
The Significant Problems We Have Cannot Be Solved At The Same Level Of Thinking With Which We Created Them.
Inspirational
Motivational
Inspiring
Relations Between Pure And Applied Mathematicians Are Based On Trust And Understanding. Namely, Pure Mathematicians Do Not Trust Applied Mathematicians, And Applied Mathematicians Do Not Understand Pure Mathematicians.
Understanding
Relation
Mathematician
At Least Once A Day, Allow Yourself The Freedom To Think And Dream For Yourself.
Dream
Thinking
Independent Thought
During The Youthful Period Of Mankind's Spiritual Evolution Human Fantasy Created Gods In Man's Own Image, Who, By The Operations Of Their Will Were Supposed To Determine, Or At Any Rate To Influence, The Phenomenal World. Man Sought To Alter The Disposition Of These Gods In His Own Favour By Means Of Magic And Prayer.
Spiritual
Prayer
Mean
You Can Never Solve A Problem On The Level On Which It Was Created. Insanity: Doing The Same Thing Over And Over Again And Expecting Different Results. A Life Lived For Others Is A Life Worthwhile.
Insanity
Different
Levels
We Are All Life Trying To Live, Among Other Life Trying To Live.
Inspirational
Spiritual
Trying
Fortunate Newton, Happy Childhood Of Science. Nature To Him Was An Open Book. He Stands Before Us Strong, Certain, And Alone.
Strong
Book
Childhood
Condemnation Without Investigation Is The Height Of Ignorance
Ignorance
Character
Height
God May Be Subtle, But He Isn't Plain Mean.
Love
Inspirational
Life
Time And Space Are Modes By Which We Think And Not Conditions In Which We Live.
Time
Science
Thinking
In Order To Be An Immaculate Member Of A Flock Of Sheep, One Must Above All Be A Sheep Oneself.
Love
Inspirational
Life
There Is Nothing Divine About Morality; It Is A Purely Human Affair. If People Are Good Only Because They Fear Punishment, And Hope For Reward, Then We Are A Sorry Lot Indeed. What The Individual Can Do Is To Give A Fine Example, And To Have The Courage To Uphold Ethical Values .. In A Society Of Cynics.
Sorry
Punishment
People
The Woman Who Follows The Crowd Will Usually Believe That I Said This.
Strong Women
Believe
Following The Crowd
My Success Wasn't So Much Due To Intelligence, But The Fact That I Stuck With Problems Longer.
Motivational
Facts
Problem
May The Conscience And The Common Sense Of The Peoples Be Awakened, So That We May Reach A New Stage In The Life Of Nations, Where People Will Look Back On War As An Incomprehensible Aberration Of Their Forefathers!
War
People
Common Sense
Failing Isn't Bad When You Learn What Not To Do.
Failing
I Am Not A Genius, I Am Just Curious. I Ask Many Questions. And When The Answer Is Simple, Then God Is Answering.
Simple
Simplicity
Genius
Hunger, Love, Pain, Fear Are Some Of Those Inner Forces Which Rule The Individual's Instinct For Self Preservation.
Love
Pain
Self
That Is The Way To Learn The Most, That When You Are Doing Something With Such Enjoyment That You Don't Notice That The Time Passes.
Way
Time Passes
Enjoyment
If I Were Wrong, Wouldn't One Be Enough?
Argument
Enough
Ifs
What Is Essential In The Life Of A Man Of My Kind Is What He Thinks And How He Thinks, And Not What He Does Or Suffers.
Men
Thinking
Suffering
You Can Move Through Life Seeing Nothing As A Miracle, Or Seeing Everything As A Miracle.
Moving
Miracle
Seeing
Make A Lot Of Walks To Get Healthy And Don't Read That Much But Save Yourself Some Until You're Grown Up.
Healthy
Walks
Save Yourself
I Don't Believe In Mathematics.
Believe
Math
Science
What We Don't Know Is Much More Than What We Know.
Knows
Only Two Things Are Infinite, The Universe And Human Stupidity, And I'm Not Sure About The Former.
Funny
Hilarious
Education
There Is Separation Of Colored People From White People In The United States. That Separation Is Not A Disease Of Colored People. It Is A Disease Of White People. I Do Not Intend To Be Quiet About It.
White
People
United States
Marvellous, What Ideas The Young People Have These Days. But I Don't Believe A Word Of It.
Believe
Ideas
People
A Thought That Sometimes Makes Me Hazy: Am I - Or Are The Others Crazy?
Inspirational
Life
Motivational
I Don't Know What Weapons Will Be Used In The Third World War. But I Can Tell You What They'll Use In The Fourth - Rocks!
War
Rocks
Use
It Is A Miracle That Curiosity Survives Formal Education.
Inspirational
Sad
Education
A Desk, Some Pads, A Pencil, And A Large Basket -- To Hold All Of Mu Mistakes.
Mistake
Pads
Desks
I Have Always Loved Solitude, A Trait Which Tends To Increase With Age.
Solitude
Age
Increase
(reply On What Constitutes Scientific Proof:)"the Question Is Much Too Difficult For Me.
Dark
Age
Medical
It Is My Belief That The Problem Of Bringing Peace To The World On A Supranational Basis Will Be Solved Only By Employing Gandhi's Method On A Larger Scale.
Peace
World
Violence
Galileo Had Already Made A Significant Beginning Toward A Knowledge Of The Law Of Motion. He Discovered The Law Of Inertia And The Law Of Bodies Falling Freely In The Gravitational Field Of The Earth.
Fall
Law
Body
The Faster You Go, The Shorter You Are.
Love
Life
God
Analytics Will Never Tell You Everything You Want To Know.
Want
Nickelback
Analytics
The Special Theory Of Relativity Owes Its Origins To Maxwell's Equations Of The Electromagnetic Field.
Special
Fields
Theory
If At First The Idea Is Not Absurd, Then There Is No Hope For It.
Inspirational
Hope
Spiritual
There Is No Place In This New Kind Of Physics Both For The Field And Matter, For The Field Is The Only Reality.
Reality
Matter
Fields
There's Something To Be Said For Relatives...it Has To Be Said Because It's Unprintable!
Said
Keep Fighting Until The Last Buzzer Sounds.
Fighting
Sound
Buzzers
The Enormous Mental Resilience, Without Which No Chess Player Can Exist, Was So Much Taken Up By Chess That He Could Never Free His Mind Of This Game
Taken
Player
Games
The More I Learn, The More I Realize I Don't Know.
Learning
Knowledge
Realizing
It Is A Magnificent Feeling To Recognize The Unity Of Complex Phenomena Which Appear To Be Things Quite Apart From The Direct Visible Truth.
Feelings
Unity
Magnificent
Science Will Stagnate If It Is Made To Serve Practical Goals.
Memorable
Goal
Made
Outer Changes Always Begin With An Inner Change Of Attitude.
Happiness
Attitude
During The Last Century, And Part Of The One Before, It Was Widely Held That There Was An Unreconcilable Conflict Between Knowledge And Belief.
Knowledge
Intelligence
Lasts
It Is Important To Foster Individuality, For Only The Individual Can Produce The New Ideas.
Memorable
Ideas
Individuality
Mankind Invented The Atomic Bomb, But No Mouse Would Ever Construct A Mousetrap.
Bombs
Atomic Bomb
Mankind
Scientists Believe That Every Occurrence, Including The Affairs Of Human Beings, Is Due To The Laws Of Nature. Therefore A Scientist Cannot Be Inclined To Believe That The Course Of Events Can Be Influenced By Prayer, That Is, By A Supernaturally Manifested Wish.
Prayer
Believe
Law
I Never Teach My Pupils, I Only Attempt To Provide The Conditions In Which They Can Learn.
Inspirational
Education
Appreciation
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.


2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.


2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.


2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.


3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.


3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



4. Proper Usage of Quotes


4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.


4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.


4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).


5. Common Mistakes to Avoid


5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.


5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.


5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.



6. Quotes in Different Contexts


6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.


6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.


6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.



7. Punctuation and Formatting


Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:


Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.


Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.


Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



8. Ethical Considerations


Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes


Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.



Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


Trending Author
Leelee Sobieski
Paul Berg
Neil Abercrombie
Jim Gaffigan
Michael Pitt
Walt Disney
Category
Information