Albert Einstein Quotes
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The state exists for man, not man for the state. The same may be said of science. These are old phrases, coined by people who saw in human individuality the highest human value. I would hesitate to repeat them, were it not for the ever recurring danger that they may be forgotten, especially in these days of organization and stereotypes.
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The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind.
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I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.
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The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be content, men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers to whatever extent accords with their personal characteristics and abilities.
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It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
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Since 99.362% of women love mustache rides, it seems only a fool would have a bare upper lip.
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I want to be cremated so people won't come to worship at my bones.
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When we are working at something, we come down from our high logical horse and sniff around with our nose to the ground. Then we obliterate our traces in order to become more God-like.
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Dear Habicht, Such a solemn air of silence has descended between us that I almost feel as if I am committing a sacrilege when I break it now with some inconsequential babble... What are you up to, you frozen whale, you smoked, dried, canned piece of soul...?
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During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution human fantasy created gods in man's own image, who, by the operations of their will were supposed to determine, or at any rate to influence, the phenomenal world. Man sought to alter the disposition of these gods in his own favour by means of magic and prayer.
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Intelligent life on other planets? I'm not even sure there is on earth!
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A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.
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Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions, and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seem to me to be empty and devoid of meaning.
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Science is the process of making obviously erroneous ideas less obviously erroneous.
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There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!
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The best design is the simplest one that works.
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The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the individual?
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The creative principle of science resides in mathematics.
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The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being.
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To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is a something that our mind cannot grasp and whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly and as a feeble reflection, this is religiousness. In this sense I am religious.
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Reply on what constitutes scientific proof:"The question is much too difficult for me".
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
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You must warn people not to make the intellect their God. The intellect knows methods but it seldom knows values, and they come from feeling. If one doesn't play a part in the creative whole, he is not worth being called human. He has betrayed his true purpose.
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The only justification for our concepts and systems of concepts is that they serve to represent the complex of our experiences; beyond this they have not legitimacy.