1、“When you sit witha nice girl for two hours,it seems like two minutes.When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes,it seems like two hours.Thats relativity.”“如果你跟一如果你跟一個個好姑娘好姑娘在一起坐在一起坐兩個鐘頭兩個鐘頭，那不那不過過像像兩兩分分鐘鐘。但如果你在但如果你在熱熱火火爐爐上上坐坐兩兩分分鐘鐘，那就像，那就像兩個鐘頭兩個鐘頭。這這就是相就是相對論對論“ “If I had only known, I would have b
2、een a locksmith.”“如果我以前早知道的話，我很可能成為一個鎖匠”“Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.”“人們墮入愛河-萬有引力不能承擔責任。”“Education is that which remains when one has forgotten everything learned in school.”“當一個人忘掉了在學校學到的一切，剩下來的就是教育。”“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity
3、, and I am not sure about the former.”“只有兩種東西是無窮的-宇宙和人類的愚蠢，而我對前者還沒有把握。”High school diploma,in 1896 at age 17.51896年17歲半時的高中畢業證書Wedding with Mileva,in 1903 at age 24.19031903年年2424歲時和米勒娃結婚。歲時和米勒娃結婚。“A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life, depend on the labours of other
4、 men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received.” “我每天都要一百次提醒自己，我我每天都要一百次提醒自己，我的精神生活和物質生活都要依賴的精神生活和物質生活都要依賴於活著的和已死的其他人，我必於活著的和已死的其他人，我必須努力，以便按照我所接受到的須努力，以便按照我所接受到的同樣份量來付出。同樣份量來付出。” “If my theory of relativityis proven successful,Germany wil
5、l claim me as a German, and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world.Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”“如果我的相對論被證明是真理的話，德國就會宣稱我是德國人，而法國會宣稱我是世界公民。如果我的理論被證明不是真理的話，法國就會說我是德國人，而德國會宣稱我是猶太人。”“Since the mathematicians ha
6、ve invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.”“自從數學家入侵了相對論以來，我本人就再也不能理解相對論了。”“The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in things.”“人類的頭腦首先必須獨立地構思形式，然後我們才能在事物中找到形式。” 1921年42歲時由於1905年光電效應的研究工作而獲得諾貝爾獎。“Science without religion is
7、lame;religion without science is blind.”“沒沒有宗教的科有宗教的科學學是是殘殘瘸的；瘸的；沒沒有科有科學學的宗教是盲目的。的宗教是盲目的。”“These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at all.A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterward.”“這些思想並不是以任何文字的形式到來的。我極少用言辭來思考。一種思想產生了，我可能是以後再用言辭來表達它的。“Eac
8、h of us visits that Earth involuntarily and without an invitation. For me it is enough to wonder at its secrets.”“我我們們每一每一個個人都是人都是無無意意識識地地來來到了到了這個這個地球上，地球上，並並未受到邀未受到邀請請。對對於我於我來說來說，驚異驚異於地球的神秘就已於地球的神秘就已經經足足夠夠了。了。”“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other i
9、s as though everything is a miracle.”“有有兩種兩種方式方式來過來過日子。一日子。一種種是是認為認為根本就根本就沒沒有奇有奇跡跡。另一另一種種是是認為認為每一件事情都是奇每一件事情都是奇跡跡。”“Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater.”“別為數學難學別為數學難學而而煩惱煩惱，我向你，我向你保保證證，我的困，我的困難難比你大。比你大。”“The most incomprehensible thing about the wo
10、rld is that it is at all comprehensible.”“對對於於這個這個世界，最世界，最難難理解的事理解的事情就是情就是這個這個世界是完全可以世界是完全可以理解的。理解的。”“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”“科學地描述一
11、切是可能的，但是這樣做並不明智；這樣做是沒有意義的，就好比你把貝多芬的交響樂描述成波壓的變化一樣。”“One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly disc
12、overed facts.”“數學數學比其他科比其他科學學受到更高的尊崇，其受到更高的尊崇，其理由之一是理由之一是數學數學的的規規律是律是絕對絕對肯定而肯定而無無可可爭辯爭辯的，而其他科的，而其他科學學的的規規律在某律在某種種程度上都是可以程度上都是可以爭論爭論的，的，而且而且經經常存在著常存在著被新被新發現發現的事的事實實推翻的危推翻的危險險。”“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”“想像力比知識更重要”In 1931, with Thomas Mann, German democrat and novelist, Nobel Laur
13、eate for Literature.1931年愛因斯坦和德國民主主義者、小說家湯姆斯曼（諾貝爾文學獎獲得者）在一起。“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”“如果你站出來說真話，就別顧慮不文雅了。”“Before God we are all equally wise - equally foolish.”“在上帝面前，我們都一樣聰明，也一樣愚蠢。”“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
14、source of all true art and science.”“我們所能體驗的最美麗的事情是神秘。它是一切真藝術和真科學的源泉。”“Sometimes one pays most for things one gets for nothing.”“有時候，一個人要為其無償得到的東西付出最大的代價。”“I know not with what weapons World WarIIIwill be fought,but World WarIVwill be fought with sticks and stones.”“我不知道第三次世界我不知道第三次世界大大戰會戰會使用什使用什麼麼武
15、器武器，不，不過過第四次世界大第四次世界大戰將會戰將會使用棍棒和石使用棍棒和石塊來塊來作作戰戰。”“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.”“偉大的精神永遠會受到平庸的暴力反對。當一個人不是愚蠢地屈
16、服于傳統偏見，而是誠實而勇敢地運用其智慧的時候，平庸對此是不能理解的。”Albert EinsteinBorn 14 March 1879 Ulm, Wurttemberg Germany.Death 18 April 1955 at age 76 Princeton, New Jersey, USA.阿爾伯特愛因斯坦1879年3月14日生於德國符騰堡烏爾姆，1955年4月18日76歲時逝於美國新澤西州普林斯頓。Dies of hearth failure.Einstein was cremated in Trenton, New Jersey. His ashes were scattered at an undisclosed place.他死於心力衰竭。於新澤西州首府特倫頓火化。骨灰撒布於未公開的地方。
