Albert Einstein Quotes
What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is there any sense then, you ask, in putting it I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.Albert Einstein
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.Albert Einstein
Truth is what stands the test of experience.Albert Einstein
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.Albert Einstein
Since that deluge of newspaper articles I have been so flooded with questions, invitations, suggestions, that I keep dreaming I am roasting in Hell, and the mailman is the devil eternally yelling at me, showering me with more bundles of letters at my head because I have not answered the old ones.Albert Einstein
The tragedy of life is what dies in the hearts and souls of people while they live.Albert Einstein
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.Albert Einstein
When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me, I was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts... I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.Albert Einstein
It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curious of inquiry. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.Albert Einstein
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.Albert Einstein
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.Albert Einstein
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.Albert Einstein
After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest sceintists are always artists as well.Albert Einstein
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are not even capable of forming such opinions.Albert Einstein
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.Albert Einstein
The Lord God is subtle, but malicious He is not.Albert Einstein
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.Albert Einstein
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.Albert Einstein
There was this huge world out there, independent of us human beings and standing before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partly accessible to our inspection and thought. The contemplation of that world beckoned like a liberation.Albert Einstein
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.Albert Einstein
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.Albert Einstein
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.Albert Einstein
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.Albert Einstein
It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it. referring to clothing.Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.Albert Einstein
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - - How passionately I hate them!Albert Einstein
I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.Albert Einstein
Intellectuals solve problems geniuses prevent them.Albert Einstein
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right a single experiment can prove me wrong.Albert Einstein
It is the theory that decides what we can observe.Albert Einstein
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.Albert Einstein
Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self - Inflicted fate.Albert Einstein
The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society.Albert Einstein
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.Albert Einstein
Do not worry about your problems in mathematics. I assure you, my problems with mathematics are much greater than yours.Albert Einstein
Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors, concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods - - In order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.Albert Einstein
