Albert Einstein Quotes
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Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals.
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An oligarchy of private capital cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society because under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information.
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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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In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.
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The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible to me.
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Reason is intuition's servant.
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Adversity introduces a man to himself.
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The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.
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I do not much believe in education. Each person ought to be his or her own model, however frightful that may be.
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Our world faces a crisis as yet unperceived by those possessing power to make great decisions for good or evil.
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I have yet to figure out whether it is I am that am crazy, or the world.
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I don't need to know everything, I just need to know where to find it, when I need it.
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The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.
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Don't let the measurable drive out the relevant.
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A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent necessity if our civilization is to survive.
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How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology?
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Beyond the realms of what we see, into the regions or the unexplored limited only by our imaginations.
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To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty... this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.
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What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count.
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God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.
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It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
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I love to travel, but I hate to arrive.
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Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer.
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How can any educated person stay away from the Greeks? I have always been far more interested in them than in science.