Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [God] [Equality] Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Mathematics] Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert Einstein 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. Albert Einstein Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. Albert Einstein Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. Albert Einstein I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [War] I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [The Future] If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. Albert Einstein If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Albert Einstein Imagination is more important than knowledge... Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Imagination] It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert Einstein Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Laws] [Tolerance] My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who
reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Religion] Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Food] Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Stupidity] Reading, after a certain age, 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. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Books] The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Kindness] The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Questioning] The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. Albert Einstein The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. Albert Einstein The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. Albert Einstein The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Creativity] [Plagiarism] To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
Albert Einstein Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Americans] [Money] Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert Einstein Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein - More quotations on: [Success] We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. Albert Einstein