“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
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.
More about “Ideas and Opinions ” →
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
— 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.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
— Albert Einstein Secondary sourceMore quotes by Albert Einstein →
“Necessity never made a good bargain.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“Any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one already.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source