We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you, mine are still greater.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.
I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.
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.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.