Quotes 161 till 180 of 286.
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Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
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Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.
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On the other hand, the concept owes its meaning and its justification exclusively to the totality of the sense impressions which we associate with it.
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Once Ptolemy and Plato, yesterday Newton, today Einstein, and tomorrow new faiths, new beliefs, and new dimensions.
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One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.
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One need only think of the weather, in which case the prediction even for a few days ahead is impossible.
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One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires.
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One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.
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Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.
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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.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.
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Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age.
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Politics is far more complicated than physics.
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Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind
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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
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Reality is merely an illusion , albeit a very persistent one.
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Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgments of all kinds remain necessary.
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