posted May 11, 2004 10:05 AM
More quotes from Einstein:"Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
"It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer ."
"Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe.
But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help in the greatest of all causes
-- goodwill among men and peace on earth."
"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. ... I get most joy in life out of music."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
"I want to know God's thoughts,..... the rest are details.."
"Two things inspire me to awe -- the starry heavens above and the moral universe within."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible."
"To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject."
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods."
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."