Albert Einstein (Page 4)

Doozy: It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

Doozy: It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

Doozy: It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.

Doozy: It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

Doozy: It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Doozy: Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Doozy: Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Doozy: Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Doozy: Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Doozy: Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Doozy: Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Doozy: Love is a better teacher than duty.

Doozy: Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Doozy: Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.

Doozy: Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

Doozy: Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

Doozy: Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Doozy: My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Doozy: Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

Doozy: Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

Doozy: Never lose a holy curiosity.

Doozy: No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Doozy: No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

Doozy: Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Doozy: Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.