On prejudice
It is easier to split an atom than a prejudice
On relativity
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 relativity.
If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German, and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world.
Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
On mathematics
Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.
It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.
On mysteries
Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.
Before God we are all equally wise - equally foolish.
Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily and without an invitation. For me it is enough to wonder at its secrets.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
On invention of atomic bomb
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Now you know who it is - A. Einstein
