Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

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

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

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we...

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we...

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true...

But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true...

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which...

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which...

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and...

If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and...

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...