Albert Einstein Quotes

There are two things that are infinite: The universe and human folly. And sometimes I am not sure about the universe.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

There is no shame in admitting that the ultimate principle of all the wonders of the universe is unknown to us.

We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

'First Light' is nonfiction, a true story about astronomers who are looking for light coming from the edge of the universe. It tells how science is really done - and science is a lot weirder and more human than most people realize.

One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.

There are two infinities: God and stupidity.

If we consider what science already has enabled men to know-the immensity of space, the fantastic philosophy of the stars, the infinite smallness of the composition of atoms, the macrocosm whereby we succeed only in creating outlines and translating a measure into numbers without our minds being able to form any concrete idea of it-we remain astounded by the enormous machinery of the universe.

About the 50th hour, I was going to start thinking about the edge of the universe. Is there an edge? Is this an envelope we're living inside of, or no, does it go onto infinity in both time and space? And there's nothing like swimming for 50 hours in the ocean that gets you thinking about things like this.

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.

If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we're tackling these mysteries one by one. If you're going to stay religious at the end of the conversation, God has to mean more to you than just where science has yet to tread.

Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things.

There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling.

It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do.

The humblest person in this world is the astrophysicist. Because we are face to face with our ignorance every single day.

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.

I don't know anything about science.

The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.

All that we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.

He doubts nothing who knows nothing.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that are not so