Einstein Quote of the Day

I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.
Now that's a quote that I'm sure makes more sense in its context.  So much of what I hear in the media is from people who are really good at speculation and not looking at facts.  Or maybe it's because people don't really make "daring speculations" at all, but merely take other people's misuse of data, or refuse to consider data at all and make pronouncements that are garbage.  (I'm still grouchy over the election results.)

Einstein Quote of the Day

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
Jesus showed us how true that is.  It's a good quote for Memorial Day as well.

Einstein Quote of the Day

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.

Where is Einstein when we need him.  A spirit of tolerance is sorely needed in our country now.  People are so angry and unwilling to listen to the other.  And it doesn't seem to be just here—in our Anglican Communion listening is in short supply too.

Einstein Quote of the Day

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

If you want to know what I've been doing the last few days, go to Izzie's Blog where you'll find  an inelegant answer.  

Einstein Quote of the Day

One thing I have learned in a long life: All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have.


Einstein said this about science, but you could say this about all knowledge, yet I wonder if even knowledge is the most precious thing we have.  I would say that the most precious thing we have is love.  And the source of that love, in my humble opinion, is a God who gave us all there is, including knowledge.  I have no doubt, however, that our love, measured against the love that God has for us is truly primitive and childlike.

Einstein Quote of the Day

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

Another Einstein Quote of the Day

I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.

I'm too tired to write a post after all the driving.  I have been doing a lot of thinking about God, however, not about God's thoughts, but about to what extent can we say that God has a plan.  I believe that there is a grand plan for the universe, but not a detailed plan for my life or yours.  I've got to find the time to put my thoughts onto paper.

For those who might be interested, I'm on my way east.  Today is the first day I've experienced really cold weather since I left Maine.  It's below freezing and there's a strong wind blowing.  Tonight I'm in Van Horn, Texas (you can drive to Carlsbad Caverns and the Mac Donald Observatory from here).  Tomorrow I should be near Houston.

Einstein Quote of the Day

I love to travel, but hate to arrive.
That seems apt.  Although I think I really will enjoy arriving home.

Another Einstein Quote of the Day

I don't pretend to understand the universe - it's much bigger than I am.

Another Einstein Quote of the Day

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

Einstein Quote of the Day

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
It doesn't make much sense, but I fear we all do this; ergo we all have insanity in us.  I wonder if the real problem is that we are unaware that we are repeating our old ways.  We see it in people who tend to marry the same kind of person over and over and get divorced over and over.

Einstein Quote of the Day

If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too.

Einstein Quote of the Day

"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."

Anybody think I should send this one to Mad Priest?

Einstein Quote of the Day

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