Albert Einstein Quotes
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True knowledge comes with deep understanding of a topic and its inner workings.
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The future is not a gift-it is an achievement.
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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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No scientist thinks in formula.
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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 greatest knowledge a person can possess is the address of the local library.
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Arrows of hate have been aimed at me too, but they have never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world with which I have no connection whatsoever.
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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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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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For an idea which, at first, does not seem absurd, there is no hope.
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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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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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The step between genius and insanity is very short.
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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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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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Nothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man.
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There are six-million shots in the game of pool.
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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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You believe in the God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order in a world that objectively exists, and which I, in a wildly speculative way, am trying to capture. ... Even the great initial success of the quantum theory does not make me believe in the fundamental dice-game, although I am well aware that our younger colleagues interpret this as a consequence of senility. No doubt the day will come when we will see whose instinctive attitude was the correct one.
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A problem defined, is a problem half solved.
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Live with purpose. Don't let people or things around you get you down.