Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Quotes from Einstein


I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Albert Einstein

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
Albert Einstein

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
Albert Einstein

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.
Albert Einstein

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
Albert Einstein

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
Albert Einstein

I have just got a new theory of eternity.
Albert Einstein

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein

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

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Albert Einstein
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.
Albert Einstein

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Albert Einstein

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.
Albert Einstein

I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
Albert Einstein

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Albert Einstein

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

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

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Albert Einstein

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Albert Einstein
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
Albert Einstein

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
Albert Einstein

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.
Albert Einstein

Information is not knowledge.
Albert Einstein

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

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
Albert Einstein

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
Albert Einstein

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
Albert Einstein


It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Albert Einstein

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Albert Einstein

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

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
Albert Einstein

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

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
Albert Einstein

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.
Albert Einstein

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

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


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Quotes from Gandhi 1





A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Mohandas Gandhi


A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Mohandas Gandhi


A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
Mohandas Gandhi


A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
Mohandas Gandhi


A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
Mohandas Gandhi


A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
Mohandas Gandhi


A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
Mohandas Gandhi


A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Mohandas Gandhi


A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Mohandas Gandhi


A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
Mohandas Gandhi


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Quotes from Gandhi 2

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Mohandas Gandhi


Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mohandas Gandhi


Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mohandas Gandhi


Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Mohandas Gandhi


As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
Mohandas Gandhi


Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
Mohandas Gandhi


But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
Mohandas Gandhi


Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Mohandas Gandhi


Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
Mohandas Gandhi


Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Mohandas Gandhi




Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
Mohandas Gandhi


Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
Mohandas Gandhi


Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Mohandas Gandhi


Each one prays to God according to his own light.
Mohandas Gandhi


Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Mohandas Gandhi


Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Mohandas Gandhi


Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
Mohandas Gandhi


Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Mohandas Gandhi


Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Mohandas Gandhi


Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Mohandas Gandhi


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Quotes from Gandhi 3



An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Mohandas Gandhi 


As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
Mohandas Gandhi 


But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Mohandas Gandhi 

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Each one prays to God according to his own light.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Mohandas Gandhi 


Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Mohandas Gandhi 



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