Albert Einstein Quotes

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern without any superhuman authority behind it.

I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous.

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.

The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.

The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.

The question that sometime's drive's me hazy, am i or the other's crazy?

[The golden proportion] is a scale of proportions which makes the bad difficult [to produce] and the good easy.

Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism is generally studied only by advanced students of physics, but Albert had mastered it by the time he was sixteen years old.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.

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?

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

Reading after a certain (time) 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.

I think and think for months for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

I can't believe that God plays dice with the universe.

The deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe forms my idea of God.

Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has of course powerful muscles but no personality.

Look deep deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.

The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Only two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former.

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.

Science without religion is lame religion without science is blind.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right a single experiment can prove me wrong.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right

It is the theory which decided what can be observed.

Everything should be made as simple as possible ... but not simpler.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone best both for the body and the mind.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18.

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it's two hours. That's relativity.

If you are out to describe the truth leave elegance to the tailor.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

I want to know all Gods thoughts all the rest are just details.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.