Albert Einstein Quotes
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I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
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The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
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We are inclined to overemphasize the material influences in history. The Russians especially make this mistake. Intellectual values and ethnic influences, tradition and emotional factors are equally important. If this were not the case, Europe would today be a federated state, not a madhouse of nationalism.
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I do not need any promise of eternity to be happy. My eternity is now. I have only one interest: to fulfill my purpose here where I am. This purpose is not given me by my parents or my surroundings. It is induced by some unknown factors. These factors make me a part of eternity.
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Ninety nine failed solutions equals a gain of 99 pieces of information.
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We should take care not to make the intellect our God; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
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The most powerful force in the world is compound interest.
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Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish.
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If God has created the world, his primary worry was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us.
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The importance of a problem should not be judged by the number of pages devoted to it.
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The important things are always simple.
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Not all things worth counting are countable and not all things that count are worth counting.
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I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind...
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Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
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We are all life trying to live, among other life trying to live.
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...and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man - though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.
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You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.
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To stimulate creativity one must develop childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition.
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Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.
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A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
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Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.
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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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Knowledge is dead; the school, however, serves the living.
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I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.