“The Theory of Relativity confers an absolute meaning on a magnitude which in classical theory has only a relative significance: the velocity of light. The velocity of light is to the Theory of Relativity as the elementary quantum of action is to the Quantum Theory: it is its absolute core.” LightActionScienceTheoryAbsolutesCoreSignificanceRelativeQuantumRelativityMagnitudeVelocityQuantum TheoryTheories Of Relativity Book:Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers Source: Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers
“There are periods in life when you get caught up in the whole field of relativity and lose your moorings with the absolute.” WholeLosesFieldsPeriodsAbsolutesCaughtCaught UpRelativity Author:Deepak Chopra
“Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.” TimeSpacePrinciplesTheoryAbsolutesAbandonmentRelativity Author:Marshall McLuhan
“How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at all, implies an ethical absolute. A person whose idea of what is proper varies from day to day can be admired for his broadmindedness, but not for his virtue.” IfsPersonsIdeasTeachVirtueEthicsAbsolutesEthicalDay To DayVaryRelativityBroadmindedness Author:Robert M. Pirsig