Biografía

Cared little for money. He once used a $1500 check as a bookmark and then lost the book.

Was offered the Presidency of Israel but declined, having no political or ceremonial ambitions.

Considered himself as a loner and had very few friends during his lifetime.

When he left Germany in 1933, the Nazis put a price of 20,000 marks on his head.

When told of a book entitled "One Hundred Authors against Einstein", he replied, "Why one hundred? If I were wrong, one would have been enough".

[giving the most practical, understandable explanation of the Theory of Relativity; how time can expand or contract] You spend 30 minutes with a beautiful girl, it seems like a moment. You spend a moment sitting on a hot stove, it seems like 30 minutes.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

I do not much believe in education. Each man ought to be his own model, however frightful that may be.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.