“He [the American] is friendly, self-confident, optimistic—and without envy.”
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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“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.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Education is that which remains, if one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
— Albert Einstein Primary 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.”
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“Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“Sleep without supping, and you'll rise without owing for it.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“No gains without pains.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source