Albert Einstein vs. Robert A. Heinlein
Read 20 entries attributed to Albert Einstein alongside 20 attributed to Robert A. Heinlein. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Albert Einstein alongside 20 attributed to Robert A. Heinlein. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: love, human nature, life, death, freedom. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Albert Einstein, entry #22: "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." Recorded year: 1929.
Attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, entry #1008: "Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy - in fact, t…"
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Albert Einstein
1879 – 1955
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
#Science1929
"No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
#love"When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again."
#love"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
#love"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
#Science1929
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
#Science1929
"Philosophy is empty if it isn't based on science. Science discovers, philosophy interprets."
#science"It is quite possible to be both. I look upon myself as a man. Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."
#Human Nature"The meaning of relativity has been widely misunderstood. Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll. Relativity, as I see it, merely denotes t…"
#life"Much later, when I was discussing cosmological problems with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he …"
#life"منطق شما را از A به B میبرد، ولی تخیل شما را به همه جا میبرد.» The New Quotable Einstein. Princeton University Press; Enl. Commemorative Ed. / edition"
#education"Liebe Mutter! Heute eine freudige Nachricht. H. A. Lorentz hat mir telegraphiert, dass die englischen Expeditionen die Lichtablenkung an der Sonne wirklich b…"
#death"We are inclined to overemphasize the material influences in history. The Russians especially make this mistake. Intellectual values and ethnic influences, tr…"
#knowledge"Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing. Similarly, physics and psychology are only different at…"
#religion"Geh Recht viel spazieren, dass Du Recht gesund wirst und lies nicht gar zu viel sondern spar Dir noch was auf bis Du gross bist."
"The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can't grasp them. There is a pattern in creation."
#justice"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
#life"No, this trick won't work. The same trick does not work twice. How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a bi…"
#love"I do not believe in freedom of the will. Schopenhauer's words: "Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills" accompany me in all situations th…"
#freedom"If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905."
Robert A. Heinlein
1907 – 1988
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction, express admiration for competence and emphasize the value of critical thinking.
"Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the…"
#love"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
#happiness"May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live."
#life"Free will was another matter. It could not be laughed off, because it could be directly experienced—yet his own free will had worked to create the same scene…"
#freedom"I now define "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival." I won't argue with philosophers or theologians who choose to use the word "moral" to …"
#philosophy"Luck is a bonus that follows careful planning—it’s never free."
#freedom"I really am a good listener because you never can tell when you will pick up something useful—and all in the world any woman has to do to be considered “char…"
#friendship"When you haven’t data, guessing is illogical."
#philosophy"Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they …"
#life"Since when did a mathematician need any tools but his own head? Pythagoras had done well enough with a stick and a stretch of sand."
#humor"At fourteen months he began speaking in sentences, short and of his own structure, but sentences. The subjects of his conversation, or, rather, his statement…"
#writing"I've heard all the usual Sweetness and Light that kids get pushed at them—how they should always forgive, how there’s some good in the worst of us, etc. But …"
#leadership"I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics. I had sampled them — public libraries are a ready source of recreation for an actor short of cas…"
#family"I trust that I am honest with myself. I know that I am not very sociable and I expect to go on being so; a man capable of creative work has no time to spare …"
#truth"Don, have you been dealing with a booklegger?"
#books"Like many a man before him, he found himself forced into a lie because the truth simply would not be believed."
#truth"Apparently she believes she is safe. Evil is essentially stupid, Joe; despite her brilliance, she believes what she wishes to believe. Or it may be that she …"
#death"Sex is rearing its interesting head."
#leadership"I had taken a partner once before—but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. Otherwise you are a hermit …"
#wisdom"As for population, every major shortcoming of our native planet could be traced to one cause: too many people, not enough planet."
#Human Nature