Quotes

“To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.” Albert Einstein

“Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.” Albert Einstein

“Truth is what stands the test of experience.” Albert Einstein

“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.” Albert Einstein

“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.” Albert Einstein

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” Albert Einstein

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” Albert Einstein

“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.” Albert Einstein

“It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.” Albert Einstein

“Death is not the worst that can happen to men.” Plato

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” Albert Einstein

“If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.” Plato

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.” Albert Einstein

“Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.” Plato

“If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.” Albert Einstein

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Albert Einstein

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” Albert Einstein

“Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.” Plato

“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” Albert Einstein

“Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.” Plato

“The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.” Albert Einstein

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.” Albert Einstein

“Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” Plato

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Albert Einstein

“No human thing is of serious importance.” Plato

“At any rate, I am convinced that He - God, does not play dice.” Albert Einstein

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” Plato

“If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” Albert Einstein

“There is no such thing as a lover's oath.” Plato