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It Followed From The Special Theory Of Relativity That Mass And Energy Are Both But Different Manifestations Of The Same Thing...

It Is Harder To Crack Prejudice Than An Atom.

To Me The Worst Thing Seems To Be A School Principally To Work With Methods Of Fear, Force And Artificial Authority. Such Treatment Destroys The Sound Sentiments, The Sincerity And The Self-confidence Of Pupils And Produces A Subservient Subject.

I Am Exclusively Occupied With The Problem Of Gravitation And Hope With The Help Of A Local Mathematician Friend [marcel Grossman] To Overcome All The Difficulties. One Thing Is Certain, However, That Never In Life Have I Been Quite So Tormented. A Great Respect For Mathematics Has Been Instilled Within Me, The Subtler Aspects Of Which, In My Stupidity, I Regarded Until Now As Pure Luxury.

Everybody Is A Genius. But If You Judge A Fish By Its Ability To Climb A Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing That It Is Stupid.