‘I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones’
Imagination is more important than knowledge
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
