Theoretical Physicist Quotes

“To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.”

“There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has been done us, we must strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people Let us recall that in former times no people lived in greater friendship with us than the ancestors of these Arabs.”

“Violence sometimes may have cleared away obstructions quickly, but it never has proved itself creative.”

“The thing is, not to stop questioning.”

“The leader is one who, out of the clutter, brings simplicity... out of discord, harmony... and out of difficulty, opportunity.”

“We cannot resolve the problems of the world by unsing the same techniques that have created them.”

“Everyone likes me, yet nobody understands me.”

“Genius is when an idea and the execution of that idea are simultaneous.”

“Your ancestors dragged these black people from their homes by force; and in the white man's quest for wealth and an easy life they have been ruthlessly suppressed and exploited, degraded into slavery. The modern prejudice against Negroes is the result of the desire to maintain this unworthy condition.”

“Every reminiscence is colored by the way things are today, and therefore by a delusive point of view.”

“Once you stop learning, you start dying”

“From a certain temperature on, the molecules 'condense' without attractive forces; that is, they accumulate at zero velocity. The theory is pretty, but is there some truth in it.”

“Out of the multitude of our sense experiences we take, mentally and arbitrarily, certain repeatedly occurring complexes of sense impression (partly in conjunction with sense impressions which are interpreted as signs for sense experiences of others), and we attribute to them a meaning the meaning of the bodily object.”

“We must begin to inculcate our children against militarism by educating them in the spirit of pacifism. Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal it's horror. I would teach peace rather than war.”

“If one day you have to choose between the world and love, remember this: If you choose the world you’ll be left without love, but if you choose love, with it you will conquer the world”

“Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.”

“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”

“The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.”

“Most mistakes in philosophy and logic occur because the human mind is apt to take the symbol for the reality.”

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

“A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during his lifetime.”

“Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.”

“Thinking like we (always) have is what got us where we are. It is not going to get us where we are going.”

“It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.”

“Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.”