CPT527 : ALBERT EINSTEIN : Personal Quotes

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."

"Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population."

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

"Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly."

"If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, Of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"

"After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well."

"Do you remember how electrical currents and 'unseen waves' were laughed at? The knowledge about man is still in its infancy."

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."

"Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people."