Einstein Quotes

I have lived to prove Thoreau's contention that a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

I know little about nature and hardly anything about men.

Turkish soldiers are very brave. They love their homeland and they do not hesitate to give their lives for it if necessary.

The only real valuable thing is intuition. The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery

...behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.

You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.

A model should be as simple as it can be but no simpler

The problems of today can only be solved at a higher level of thinking than that which created them

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

Everyone must become their own person, however frightful that may be.

Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the foreseeable future; however, they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few.

Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.

My primary process of perceiving is muscular and visual.

The idea of a Being who interferes with the sequence of events in the world is absolutely impossible

Creativity is one of those hypnotic words which are prone to cast a spell upon our understanding and dissolve our thinking into haze.

The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession.

I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever.

If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.

The content of scientific theory itself offers no moral foundation for the personal conduct of life.

Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. God is subtle, but he is not malicious.

There have already been published by the bucketsful such brazen lies and utter fictions about me that I would long since have gone to my grave if I had allowed myself to pay attention to them.

The woman who follows the crowd will usually believe that I said this.

A ship is safe at shore but it's not built for that.

As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.

Where you see difficulty, I see opportunity.

One is born into a herd of buffaloes and must be glad if one is not trampled under foot before one's time.

Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is a glorious unity.

In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous.

Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.

No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake

The state was made for man, not man for state.

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

God always takes the simplest way.

To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself.

Nothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man.

One should respect an honest person even if he expresses opinions differing from one's own.

Our lives will be measured by what we do for others

Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis

It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is so easy to recognize a falsehood.

The same thinking that has led you to where you are is not going to lead you to where you want to go.

Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people.

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

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.

Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen.

One does not make wars less likely by formulationg rules of warfare... war cannot be humanized. It can only be eliminated.

The horizon of many people is a circle with a radius of zero. They call this their point of view.

If I could do it all again, I'd be a plumber.