A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
一个从不犯错误的人，一定从来没有尝试过任何新鲜事物。
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
智者解决问题，天才预防问题。
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.
科学是个美妙的东西——如果无须靠它维生的话。
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
世界上最让人难以理解的东西就是个人所得税。
I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.
我确信上帝不玩赌博游戏。
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
现实不过是幻象，尽管这幻象挥之不去。
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
我从不去想未来。 因为它来得已经够快的了。
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
妨碍我学习的唯一障碍就是我的教育。
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
宇宙中唯有两件事物是无限的：宇宙的大小与人的愚蠢。 我不能确定的是宇宙的大小。
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
我不知道第三次世界大战会用哪些武器，但第四次世界大战中人们肯定用的是木棍和石块。
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
一个人的价值，在于他贡献了什么，而不在于他能得到什么。
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
科学没有宗教是瘸子，宗教没有科学是瞎子。
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius— and a lot of courage— to move in the opposite direction.
任何一个有智力的笨蛋都可以把事情搞得更大，更复杂，也更激烈。 往相反的方向前进则需要天份，以及很大的勇气。
As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.
當我們的知識之圓擴大之時，我們所面臨的未知的圓周也一樣。
Before God we are all equally wise— and equally foolish.
在上帝面前，我們都一樣聰明——也都一樣愚蠢。
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
常識就是人到十八歲為止所累積的各種偏見。
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
教育就是當一個人把在學校所學全部忘光之後剩下的東西。
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
方程式對我更重要，因為政治只看眼前，而方程式是永恆的。
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
萬有引力可無法對墜入愛河的人負責。
I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.
我認為只有大膽的臆測，而不是事實的積累，才能引領我們往前邁進。
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.
如果A代表一個人的成功，那麼A等於x加y加z。勤奮工作是x；y是玩耍，而z是把嘴閉上。
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
有一個現象的明顯程度已經讓我毛骨悚然，這便是我們的人性已經遠遠落後我們的科學技術了。
It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.
要打破人的偏見比崩解一個原子還難。
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.
法律本身並不能保證言論自由；要做到這一點，必需要所有的人都有著包容的心。
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
人生就像騎單車。想保持平衡就得往前走。
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
只有利他的生活才是值得過的生活。
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
武力不能維持和平。只有互相理解才可以。
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.
把你的手放在滾熱的爐子上一分鐘，感覺起來像一小時。坐在一個漂亮姑娘身邊整整一小時，感覺起來像一分鐘。這就是相對論。
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
這個世界最不可理解的就是它竟然是可以理解的。
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
不要試圖去做一個成功的人，要努力成為一個有價值的人。
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
並不是我很聰明，而只是我和問題相處得比較久一點。
Truth is what stands the test of experience.
真理就是在实践面前站得住脚的东西。
The only real valuable thing is intuition. The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery.
真正有价值的是直觉。 在探索的道路上智力无甚用处。
If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research, would it?
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？
Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.
创新不是由逻辑思维带来的，尽管最后的成果需要一个符合逻辑的结构。
Two things inspire me to awe: the starry heavens and the moral universe within.
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。
I don’t pretend to understand the universe— it’s much bigger than I am.
我并不假装理解宇宙——它比我大得多。
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
态度上的弱点会变成性格上的弱点。
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
天才和愚蠢之间的区别就是天才有它的极限。
I love to travel, but hate to arrive.
我喜欢旅行，但我不喜欢到达。
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.
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。
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.
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。
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources。
拥有创造性的秘密就是把信息来源藏起来。