Albert Einstein Quotes
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I learned many years ago never to waste time trying to convince my colleagues.
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The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible to me.
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The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.
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Out yonder there is this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking.
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Don't let the measurable drive out the relevant.
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Where there is love, there is no imposition.
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What is significant in one's own existence one is hardly aware, and it certainly should not bother the other fellow. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?
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True knowledge comes with deep understanding of a topic and its inner workings.
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I soon learned to scent out that which was able to lead to fundamentals and to turn aside from everything else, from the multitude of things which clutter up the mind and divert it from the essential.
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The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man.
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I believe that whatever we do or live for has its causality; it is good, however, that we cannot see through to it.
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I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time-here and now.
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For an idea which, at first, does not seem absurd, there is no hope.
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In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.
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I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that man shapes his own life. I reject that doctrine philosophically. In that respect I am not a Jew.
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The future is not a gift-it is an achievement.
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The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.
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It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
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The greatest knowledge a person can possess is the address of the local library.
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Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.
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To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.
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It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.