Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) - German-born theoretical physicist

Background
- Born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879
- Began schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium
- Entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich 1896 to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics
- Accepted a position as technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office in 1901

Major Contributions and Awards
- Special and General Theories of Relativity
- Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for the discovery of the photoelectric effect
- Time magazine's "Person of the Century" in 1999

Einstein Quotes
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
~ Albert Einstein

"I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."
~ Albert Einstein

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."
~ Albert Einstein

"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
~ Albert Einstein


“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”
~ Albert Einstein

"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer."
~ Albert Einstein

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
~ Albert Einstein

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
~ Albert Einstein 


"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"
~ Albert Einstein 

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
~ Albert Einstein 

"Memory is deceptive because it is coloured by today's events."
~ Albert Einstein 

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
~ Albert Einstein 


"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle."
~ Albert Einstein 

 "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." 
~ Albert Einstein 


"A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwelltoo much on the future." 
~ Albert Einstein 

"I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity"
~ Albert Einstein 

"The most precious things in life are not those you get for money."
~ Albert Einstein