大科学家、思想家爱因斯坦的名言选

真理就是在实践面前站得住脚的东西。Truth is what stands the test of experience.
　　常识就是人到十八岁为止所累积的各种偏见。Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
　　掰开人身上的偏见比掰开一个原子难的多。It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.
　　精神错乱：一遍又一遍地重复同一件事而期待不同的结果。Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
　　这个世界最不可理解的就是它是完全可以理解的。The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
　　世界的永恒之谜就是它是可以理解的。The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
　　教育就是当一个人把在学校所学全部忘光之後剩下的东西。Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
　　有一个现象的明显程度已经让我毛骨悚然，这便是我们的人性已经远远落後我们的科学技术了。It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
　　没有宗教的科学是跛的，没有科学的宗教是瞎的。
　　一个人从未犯错是因为他不曾尝试新鲜事物。Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
　　真正有价值的是直觉。在探索的道路上智力无甚用处。The only real valuable thing is intuition. The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery.
　　如果我们知道我们在做什么，那么这就不叫科学研究了；不是吗？If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
　　创新不是由逻辑思维带来的，尽管最後的成果需要一个符合逻辑的结构。Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.
　　宇宙中唯有两件事物是无限的：那就是宇宙的大小与人的愚蠢。对于前者我并不肯定。
　　我们的主很狡猾，好在他不怀歹意。Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.
　　两件事情让我敬畏：布满星星的天空和隐藏在其中的人的精神世界。 Two things inspire me to awe: the starry heavens and the moral universe within.
　　当知识的圆周扩大之时，包裹它的黑暗的圆周也一样。As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.
　　在上帝面前我们都一样聪明——也都一样愚蠢。Before God we are all equally wise— and equally foolish.
　　我并不假装理解宇宙——它比我大得多。I don't pretend to understand the universe— it's much bigger than I am.
　　我从不展望未来。它来得够快的了。I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
　　不必努力去做一个成功者，尽力去成为一个有价值者。Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
　　只有无私的生命才值得活。Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
　　并不是我很聪明，而只是我和问题相处得比较久一点。It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
　　科学是好东西，只要它不跟任何人的饭碗挂钩就行。Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
　　态度上的弱点会变成性格上的弱点。Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
　　天才和愚蠢之间的区别就是天才有它的极限。The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
　　我喜欢旅行，但我不喜欢到达。I love to travel, but hate to arrive.
　　如果A代表一个人的成功，那么A等于x加y加z。勤奋工作是x；y是娱乐，而z是把嘴闭上。 If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
　　法律本身并不能保证言论自由；要做到这一点必须使整个人群中都弥漫着容忍的勇气。Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
　　武力不能维持和平。只有互相理解才可以。Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
　　万有引力并不对人们堕入爱河负责。Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
　　把你的手放在滚热的炉子上一分钟，感觉起来像一小时。坐在一个漂亮姑娘身边整整一小时，感觉起来像一分钟。这就是相对论。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.
　　物理学家们说我是数学家，数学家们又把我归为物理工作者。我是一个完全孤立的人，虽然所有人都认识我，却没有多少人真正了解我。 The physicists say that I am a mathematician, and the mathematicians say that I am a physicist. I am a completely isolated man and though everybody knows me, there are very few people who really know me.
　　如果我的相对论被证明是正确的，德国人就会说我是德国人，法国佬会说我是一个世界公民。如果我的相对论被否定了，法国佬就会骂我德国鬼子而德国人就会把我归为犹太人。 If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will say I am a man of the world. If it's proven wrong, France will say I am a German and Germany will say I am a Jew.
　　我无法知道第三次世界大战会有什么武器登场，但第四次世界大战中人们肯定用的是木棍和石块。I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
　　人是整个宇宙的局部：这个局部受到了时空的限制。他体会到自己以及自己的思想和感觉，与这个整体是分开的——这是一种意识上的视错觉。这种视错觉对我们来讲就好像是监狱一样，把我们局限在个人的欲望和对身边少数人的热情中。我们的任务就是从这个监狱里解脱出来。——爱因斯坦
　　由百折不挠的信念所支持的人的意志,比那些似乎是无敌的物质力量具有更大的威力。——爱因斯坦
　　「在所有可以经历的感受中，最美妙和最刻骨铭心的，是那不可思议的玄秘感。所有真正的科学，都是由它所播下种子。那些对这种感受如同陌路的人，那些不能再肃然起敬的而惊叹一下的人，与死人无异。
　　能够认识到那个我们完全高不可攀的至高者确确实实存在，表现为最高的智慧，以及只有以我们最原始的蠢钝理解力才能参透的美艳这种知识，这种感受，正是所有宗教素养的核心。这种宇宙宗教的经验，正就是科学研究最强大和最古老的驱动力。
　　我的宗教是由一种对那无边至高无上的神灵的谦卑仰慕之情组成。祂在细微之处，向我们启示，好使我们即使用脆弱与低能的心灵，仍能够了解祂。这样深深由衷地坚定确信那至高无上、全知全能，展现于不可理喻的宇宙中的大能确实存在的一种思想，形成了我的上帝观。科学缺少了宗教犹如跛腿，宗教缺少了科学犹如瞎眼。」──爱因斯坦
　　"我笃信世界上没有什么财富可以促进人类进步，即便它被掌握在那些对这一事业抱有满腔热情的人手中。唯有那些伟大而纯洁人物的榜样方能催生高贵的思想和高贵的行为。金钱只能滋生自私自利并诱导其主子滥而用之。试问：摩西、耶稣、甘地等人中，哪一个曾像美国钢铁巨头卡内基那样腰缠万贯过？”——爱因斯坦