Albert Einstein Quotes
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One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.
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Creativity is Inspiration having fun.
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Don't second guess the mistakes you've made, others will do that for you.
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What you can't imagine, you can't discover.
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Turkish soldiers are very brave. They love their homeland and they do not hesitate to give their lives for it if necessary.
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We Jews have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity.
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I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.
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There is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.
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We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.
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Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.
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The music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it - that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed.
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Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth.
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Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
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It is also a natural thing for a serious young man that he should form for himself as precise an idea as possible of the goal of his desires.
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We often discussed his notions on objective reality. I recall that during one walk Einstein suddenly stopped, turned to me and asked whether I really believed that the moon exists only when I look at it.
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We know nothing at all. All our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren. The real nature of things we shall never know.
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Never let yourself be seduced by any problem, no matter how difficult.
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The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.
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Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilisation in high boots.
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A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.
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A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.