Albert Einstein Quotes
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Mysticism is in fact the only criticism people cannot level against my theory.
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Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man.
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Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.
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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
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Since that deluge of newspaper articles I have been so flooded with questions, invitations, suggestions, that I keep dreaming I am roasting in Hell, and the mailman is the devil eternally yelling at me, showering me with more bundles of letters at my head because I have not answered the old ones.
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A ship is safe at shore but it's not built for that.
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But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion. To this there also belongs the faith in the possibility that the regulations valid for the world of existence are rational, that is, comprehensible to reason. I cannot conceive of a genuine scientist without that profound faith. The situation may be expressed by an image: science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
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I like neither new clothes nor new kinds of food.
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Politics is far more complicated than physics.
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The Universe is a friendly place.
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Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they confused me.
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I am a stronger follower of Veganism by principle, not just because of moral and aesthetic reasons. I truly believe in a Vegetarian lifestyle and I have faith and hopes in change in human destiny, thanks to the physical effects and benefits of a healthier diet and its influence on the character of the people. It will bring about some benefit and improvement to human society.
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Scarcely anyone who comprehends this theory can escape its magic.
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I think we have to safeguard ourselves against people who are a menace to others, quite apart from what may have motivated their deeds.
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If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly that civilized mankind finds itself at present in grave danger. In the totalitarian states it is the rulers themselves who strive actually to destroy that spirit of humanity. In less threatened parts it is nationalism and intolerance, as well as the oppression of the individuals by economic means, which threaten to choke these most precious traditions.
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The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.
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Only in mathematics and physics was I, through self-study, far beyond the school curriculum, and also with regard to philosophy as it was taught in the school curriculum.
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...Intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce something valuable for the community.
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If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits.
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Considered logically this concept is not identical with the totality of sense impressions referred to; but it is an arbitrary creation of the human or animal mind.
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What we don't know is much more than what we know.
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I'm no more intelligent than the next guy. I'm just more curious.
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Intelligent life on other planets? I'm not even sure there is on earth!
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The strange thing about growing old is that the intimate identification with the here and now is slowly lost; one feels transposed into infinity, more or less alone, no longer in hope or fear, only observing.