Albert Einstein Quotes
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I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. According to my conviction this is, unjustified. The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the uncanny reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time.
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If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I cannot tell if I would have done any creative work of importance in music, but I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin.
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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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The equation for ego is: One over Knowledge.
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Dimensionless constants in the laws of nature, which from the purely logical point of view can just as well have different values, should not exist.
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When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity.
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Taken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit... not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in what we believe is evil.
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I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
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The power of imagination is the ultimate creative power.. no doubt about that. While knowledge defines all we currently know and understand.. imagination points to all we might yet discover and create. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.
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Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?
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The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evil.
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Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
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What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count.
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I know that philosophically a murderer is not responsible for his crime, but I prefer not to take tea with him.
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Intuitive powers played a central role in my scientific work, not wild speculation, yet a valued resource when no other approach was available.
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In a sailboat I become oblivious to everything else in the world.
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A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
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The pioneers of a warless world are the young men and women, who refuse military service.
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I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
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I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
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Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
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Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets.