Albert Einstein Quotes
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I have always disliked the fierce competitive spirit embodied in that highly intellectual game.
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If I were not a Jew I would be a Quaker.
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What I'm really interested in is whether God could have made the world in a different way; that is, whether the necessity of logical simplicity leaves any freedom at all.
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One who scorns the power of intuition will never rise above the ranks of journeyman calculator.
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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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Discussion and argument are essential parts of science; the greatest talent is the ability to strip a theory until the simple basic idea emerges with clarity.
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Ever since childhood I have scorned the commonplace limits so often set upon human ambition. Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone; best both for the body and the mind.
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If you can't explain what you are doing to a nine-year-old, then either you still don't understand it very well, or it's not all that worthwile in the first place.
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To be free means to be independent, not to be influenced by what others think and say.
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Thinking is to man what flying is to birds. Don’t follow the example of a chicken when you could be a lark.
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Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population.
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The thinking it took to get us into this mess is not the same thinking that is going to get us out of it.
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Time and space are not conditions of existence, time and space is a model for thinking.
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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
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The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.
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You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the problem in the first place.
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You are the only person I know who has the same attitude towards physics as I have: belief in the comprehension of reality through something basically simple and unified...
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The solitude and peace of mind are serving me quite well, not the least of which is due to the excellent and truly enjoyable relationship with my cousin; its stability will be guaranteed by the avoidance of marriage.
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The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.
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What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary.
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As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all citizens before the law prevail.
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They come into being not through demonstration but through revelation, through the medium of powerful personalities.
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When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth.
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If I were wrong, wouldn't one be enough?