EINSTEIN QUOTES
Here's some quotes from the great, Albert Einstein. His perception
of himself and the scientific community is indeed, insightful.

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; 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.

Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

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

Youth: do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom? Do you know that all your ancestors felt as you do-- and fell victim to trouble and hatred?

What should be done to give the power into the hands of capable and well-meaning men has so far resisted all efforts.

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect as well as the star.

Every man has his own cosmology, and who can say that his theory is right?

As for the search for truth, I know from my own painful searching, with its many blind alleys, how hard it is to take a reliable step, be it ever so small, toward the understanding of that which is truly significant.

One can organize to apply a discovery already made, but not to make one.

Man grows cold faster than the planet he inhabits.

I feel myself so much a part of everything living that I am not concerned with the beginning or ending of any one person in this eternal flow.

As long as armies exist, any serious conflict will lead to war.

Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations, produced by enthusiastic effort and infinite labor in every country of the world. All this is put into your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it to your children. Thus do we mortals achieve immortality in the permanent things which we create in common.

In my relativity theory I set up a clock at every point in space, but in reality I find it difficult to provide even one clock in my room.

Nothing truly valuable can be achieved except by the disinterested cooperation of many individuals.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

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

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's what is meant by relativity.

The state should be our servant and not we its slaves.

The only thing that gives me pleasure apart from my work, my violin, and my sailboat is the appreciation of my fellow workers.

Warfare cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished.

The discovery of nuclear chain reaction need not bring about the destruction of mankind, any more than did the discovery of matches. We only must do everything in our power to safeguard against its abuse.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead.

Teaching is always interesting if one has an interest in the young.

The existence and validity of human rights are not written in the stars.

The scientific method... would not even have been born without a passionate striving for clear understanding.

One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life.

It is a mistake often made in this country to measure things by the amount of money they cost.

Now I know why there are so many people who enjoy chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees the results.

Strange that science, which in the old days seemed harmless, should have evolved into a nightmare that causes everyone to tremble.

Study, and, in general, the pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all of our lives.

Do not pride yourself on the few great men who, over the centuries, have been born on your earth-- through no merit of yours. Reflect, however, on how you treated them at the time, and how you have followed their teachings.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.