Albert Einstein Quotes
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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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When I'm judging a theory, I ask myself whether, if I were God, I would have arranged the world in such a way.
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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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It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism seperately, but when they come together there is no hope.
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To think with fear of the end of one's life is pretty general with human beings. It is one of the means nature uses to conserve the life of the species. Approached rationally that fear is the most unjustified of all fears, for there is no risk of any accidents to one who is dead or not yet born. In short, the fear is stupid but it cannot be helped.
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In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security on the basis of law. As long as there are sovereign states with their separate armaments and armament secrets, new world wars cannot be avoided.
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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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Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
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I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.
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What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the World.
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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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Ninety nine failed solutions equals a gain of 99 pieces of information.
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The Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently.
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Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.
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There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.
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Knowledge is dead; the school, however, serves the living.
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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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Time is just something we invented to make motion seem simple.
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The important things are always simple.
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This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed.
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I have survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.
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I made one great mistake in my life-when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification-the danger that the Germans would make them.
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Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.
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I am not more gifted than anybody else. I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up a problem until I have found the proper solution.