Albert Einstein Quotes

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

The great moral teachers of humanity were, in a way, artistic geniuses in the art of living.

Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death.

Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.

It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in so doing you bring everything to the realm of possibility.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

A ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

You never fail until you stop trying.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

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

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

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

It’s not that I am so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

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

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

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

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

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

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

Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Force always attracts men of low morality.

God always takes the simplest way.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

God may be subtle, but he isn’t plain mean.

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

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

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

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

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

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

Information is not knowledge.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

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

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

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

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Morality is of the highest importance – but for us, not for God.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

Mozart’s music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

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

If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.

A little knowledge is dangerous. So is a lot.

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

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

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

Where there’s a will there’s a way.

When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.

I do not much believe in education. Each man ought to be his own model, however frightful that may be.

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

I firmly believe that love is a better teacher than a sense of duty – at least for me.

Possessing you makes me proud & your love makes me happy. I will be doubly happy when I can press you to my heart again and see your loving eyes.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

Love brings much happiness, much more than pining brings pain.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

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

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

I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.

The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size

Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.

The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn

A great thought begins by seeing something differently, with a shift of the mind's eye.

Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.

If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself.

It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism seperately, but when they come together there is no hope.

I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.

It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, worlds are hidden of which we are unaware.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

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

The individual who has experienced solitude will not easily become a victim of mass suggestion.

The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening

Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.

There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.

Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

Know where to find the information and how to use it - That's the secret of success.

A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.

Imagination is the highest form of research.

The important things are always simple.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

The main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego.

Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

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

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.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

I would teach peace rather than war. I would inculcate love rather than hate.

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

I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.

I believe in standardizing automobiles. I do not believe in standardizing human beings.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

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

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

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it

I love to travel, but I hate to arrive.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

The years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their alternations of confidence and exhaustion, and final emergence into light—only those who have experienced it can understand that.

Let us not forget that human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Invention is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.

Hail to the man who went through life always helping others, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien

Science can flourish only in an atmosphere of free speech.