“Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.”
More from Albert Einstein
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“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
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“Perfection of means and confusion of ends seems to characterize our age.”
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“I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
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“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.”
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“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”