Einstein Quotes

No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.

One can't teach a cat not to catch birds

Anybody who really wants to abolish war must resolutely declare himself in favor of his own country's resigning a portion of sovereignty in place of international institutions.

Convictions can best be supported with experience and clear thinking.

Even though the realms of religion and science in themselves are clearly marked off from each other, nevertheless there exist between the two strong reciprocal relationships and dependencies.

Strange is our situation here upon earth.

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.

The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously.

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a simple datum of experience.

The problems that exist in this world can not be solved by the level of thinking that created them.

Humankind's desire for peace can be realized only by the creation of a world government.

Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.

[Mystery] is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!

The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.

Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.

Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense-experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought.

While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.

Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.

You might as well not be alive if you're not in awe of God.

Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life.

I don't teach my students, I provide the circumstances in which they can learn.

What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count.

The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.

It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity. I hope that someday, our humanity might yet surpass our technology.

The step between genius and insanity is very short.

A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war.

The more cruel the wrong that men commit against an individual or a people, the deeper their hatred and contempt for their victim.

Non-cooperation in military matters should be an essential moral principle for all true scientists.

Children don’t heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew.

Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized.

I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality.

In music I do not look for logic. I am quite intuitive on the whole and know no theories. I never like a work if I cannot intuitively grasp its inner unity (architecture).

The really valuable method of thought to arrive at a logically coherent system is intuition.

Time does not exist - we invented it

It is intelligent to have a plan, but neurotic to fall in love with it.

Those who staying with the wrong reward,(eg. stay in comfort zone, etc.), long enough will get problem.

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. This is regarded as probably NOT a quote by Einstein.

Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it.

I take it to be true that pure thought can grasp the real, as the ancients had dreamed.

Common sense invents and constructs no less than its own field than science does in its domain. It is, however, in the nature of common sense not to be aware of this situation.

I want to know God's thoughts.

I am strongly drawn to a frugal life and am often oppressively aware that I am engrossing an undue amount of the labor of my fellow men.

The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.

The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.

Anyone can repeat a technical explanation they read in a text-book or blog post.

I get the most joy in life out of music.

He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.