Jim > Jim's Quotes

“I do not mean to exclude books of history, poetry, or even fables from our schools. They may and should be read frequently by our young people, but if the Bible is made to give way to them altogether, I foresee that it will be read in a short time only in churches and in a few years will probably be found only in the offices of magistrates and in courts of justice. (1786)”
― Benjamin Rush

“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.”
― Benjamin Rush

“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human rights. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”
― William Pitt the Younger

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”
― William Pitt the Younger

“I know of no evil that ever existed, nor can imagine any evil to exist, worse than the tearing of seventy or eighty thousand persons every year from their own land.”
― William Pitt the Younger

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein

“Black holes are where God divided by zero.”
― Albert Einstein

“We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
― Albert Einstein

“A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.”
― Albert Einstein

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.”
― Albert Einstein

“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
― Albert Einstein

“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”
― Albert Einstein

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
― Albert Einstein

“The only source of knowledge is experience.”
― Albert Einstein

“If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.”
― Albert Einstein

“Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.”
― Albert Einstein

“Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way.”
― Albert Einstein

“It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.”
― Albert Einstein

“Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.”
― Albert Einstein

“One cannot alter a condition with the same mind set that created it in the first place.”
― Albert Einstein

“Everyone must become their own person, however frightful that may be.”
― Albert Einstein

“Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.”
― Albert Einstein

“Truth is what stands the test of experience. ”
― Albert Einstein

“The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it Intuition or what you will, the solution comes to you and you don't know how or why.”
― Albert Einstein

“Adversity introduces a man to himself.”
― Albert Einstein

“I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.”
― Albert Einstien