Albert Einstein

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.

Black holes are where God divided by zero.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

Why is it I always get my best ideas while shaving?

We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all for whose smiles and well being our own happiness depends.

Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

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

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening

The only source of knowledge is experience.

Our separation of each other is an optical illusion of consciousness.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.

The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.

The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

There is a driving force more powerful than steam electricity and nuclear power the will.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

If the facts dont fit the theory change the facts.

Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.

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

I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons 1 Irreparability in the event of an error of justice 2 Detrimental moral influence of the execution procedure on those who whether directly or indirectly have to do with the procedure.

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

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.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.

It is the theory which decides what can be observed.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

The payment of the worker is not determined by the value of his product.

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

In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell.

Relativity applies to physics not ethics.

Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.

Each possession I own is but a stone around my neck.

Failing isnt bad when you learn what not to do.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs.

Coincidence is Gods way of remaining Unknown Author.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

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.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn ones living at it.

The effort to strive for truth has to precede all other efforts.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

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

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

You can't blame gravity for falling in love.

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.

The environment is everything that isnt me.

It is important to foster individuality for only the individual can produce the new ideas.

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

Matter is spirit reduced to point of visibility.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

If A is success in life then A is equal to X plus Y plus Z. Work is X Y is play and Z keeping your mouth shut.

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.

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

If one day you have to choose between the world and love remember this If you choose the world youll be left without love but if you choose love with it you will conquer the world

The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

Future medicine will be the medicine of frequencies.

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.

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

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

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

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

The important thing is never to stop questioning.

To get to know a country you must have direct contact with the earth. Its futile to gaze at the world through a car window.

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.

I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple

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

All means prove but a blunt instrument if they have not behind them a living spirit.

The goal of pacifism is possible only though a supranational organization. To stand unconditionally for this cause is the criterion of true pacifism.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

We dance for laughter we dance for tears we dance for madness we dance for fears we dance for hopes we dance for screams we are the dancers we create the dreams.

The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own reason for existing.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

A true genius admits that heshe knows nothing.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.