Albert Einstein Click here to read more about Albert Einstein If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. God doesn't play dice. God may be subtle, but He isn't plain mean. Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else-- unless it is an enemy. The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit ...