Albert Einstein's Quotes - Part II

His quotations have a sure way of teaching us the basics (and not physics for a change!) :)

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. 

How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? (Ahem! Ahem!)

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton) 

 

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Imagination is more important than knowledge. 

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. 

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits (Oh this is my all-time fav!) 

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. 

If you can speak of technical things only in technical terms, you do not understand them. 

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. 

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. That's relativity. 

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

                                                                                                                              Albert Einstein