“The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being.”
Albert Einstein
Ideas and Opinions (Primary source)
This book is a collection of essays, speeches, and reflections by Albert Einstein, offering insights into his views on science, philosophy, politics, religion, and society.
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“The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being. In this respect he is even further removed from the Russian and the Asiatic than the European is.”
Albert Einstein
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
— Albert Einstein Secondary source“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike—and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. One could say that it has affected us quantitatively, not qualitatively.”
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“I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“There’s hardly anything more important than being rational or objective.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Life is our dictionary.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
— William Blake Primary source