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Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

Book by Albert Einstein · 17 quotes · Relativity, Inspirational, Science

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Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century Quotes

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”

“Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”

“We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.”

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.”

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”

“Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.”

“Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.”

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.”

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.”