Albert Einstein Quotes
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Imagination is the most powerful force in the universe.
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Compound interest on debt was the banker's greatest invention, to capture, and enslave, a productive society.
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I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The human mind is unable to conceive of the four dimensions, so how can it conceive of a God, before whom a thousand years and a thousand dimensions are as one?
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To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
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When a man, after long years of searching, chances upon a thought which discloses something of the beauty of this mysterious universe, he should not therefore be personally celebrated. He is already sufficiently paid by his experience of seeking and finding.
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Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.
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If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck.
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We cannot resolve the problems of the world by unsing the same techniques that have created them.
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It is impossible to get anywhere without sinning against reason.
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Education is what is left after you've forgotten everything you've learned.
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Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surprise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more securely.
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In one's youth every person and every event appear to be unique. With age one becomes much more aware that similar events recur. Later on, one is less often delighted or surprised, but also less disappointed than in earlier years.
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The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves.
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Those who believe that politics and religion do not mix, understand neither.
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The world is so full of possibilities that dogmatism is simply indecent.
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Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which the problems were created.
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So I am living without fats, without meat, without fish, but am feeling quite well this way. It always seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.
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The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.
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You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.
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Happiness, as a pursuit, is suitable only for pigs.
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The most important question a person can ask is, "Is the Universe a friendly place?
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Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.
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A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.
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Time is not at all what it seems. It does not flow in only one direction, and the future exists simultaneously with the past.