Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, Germany on this day in 1879. It’s unlikely you need much background on the author of today’s quotes, so I’ll keep this short. Given how intelligent the man was, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he had a number of choice comments on the fools around him.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.
Before God we are equally wise – and equally foolish.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
– All from Albert Einstein, 1879 – 1955

[From Quotes of the Day]