Albert Einstein Quotes
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No scientist thinks in formula.
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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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The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible to me.
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True knowledge comes with deep understanding of a topic and its inner workings.
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Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought - before there is any connection with logical construction in words or other kinds of signs which can be communicated to others.
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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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To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.
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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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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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Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.
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Don't let the measurable drive out the relevant.
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The future is not a gift-it is an achievement.
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If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.
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It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
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The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.
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The greatest knowledge a person can possess is the address of the local library.
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For an idea which, at first, does not seem absurd, there is no hope.
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A truly rational theory would allow us to deduce the elementary particles and not be forced to state them a priori.
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The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.
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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 step between genius and insanity is very short.
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The world as we see it is only the world as we see it. Others may see it differently.
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It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.