If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.