By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, to-day in Germany I am called a German man of science, and ...in England I am represented as a Swiss Jew. If I come to be regarded as a bête noire the descriptions will be reversed, and I shall become a Swiss Jew for the Germans and a German man of science for the English!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will 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.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is co...mmonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us hav...e been, into every corner of our minds.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is better that a man should tyrannise over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens and whilst the former is sometimes de...nounced as being but a means to the latter, sometimes at least it is an alternative.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young ...man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveller.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »