Albert Einstein Quotes
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I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. The important thing is to not stop questioning.
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One always likes to do the things for which one has ability.
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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 believe that the horrifying deterioration in the ethical conduct of people today stems from the mechanization and dehumanization of our lives. A disastrous by-product of the development of the scientific and technical mentality. We are guilty. Man grows cold faster than the planet he inhabits.
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I have second thoughts. Maybe God is malicious.
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If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless.
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Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig.
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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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It is certainly true that principles cannot be more securely founded than on experience and consciously clear thinking.
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Don't wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle.
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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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As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
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The world is so full of possibilities that dogmatism is simply indecent.
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Imagination without knowledge may create beautiful things, knowledge without imagination can create only perfect ones.
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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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The stupid are invincible.
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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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It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the big decisions and my wife would make all of the little decisions. For fifty years, we have held true to that agreement. I believe that is the reason for the success in our marriage. However, the strange thing is that in fifty years, there hasn’t been one big decision.
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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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We are all very ignorant. What happens is that not all ignore the same things.
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One should respect an honest person even if he expresses opinions differing from one's own.
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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
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If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his life.