A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. ~Albert Einstein
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. ~Albert Einstein
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. ~Albert Einstein
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? ~Albert Einstein
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? ~Albert Einstein
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. ~Albert Einstein
All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us. ~Albert Einstein
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. ~Albert Einstein
All these constructions and the laws connecting them can be arrived at by the principle of looking for the mathematically simplest concepts and the link between them. ~Albert Einstein
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. ~Albert Einstein
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. ~Albert Einstein
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. ~Albert Einstein
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction. ~Albert Einstein
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. ~Albert Einstein
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. ~Albert Einstein
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. ~Albert Einstein
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ~Albert Einstein
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue. ~Albert Einstein
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. ~Albert Einstein
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. ~Albert Einstein
But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts. ~Albert Einstein
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ~Albert Einstein
Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations. ~Albert Einstein
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. ~Albert Einstein
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. ~Albert Einstein
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. ~Albert Einstein
Do you believe in immortality? No, and one life is enough for me. ~Albert Einstein
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~Albert Einstein
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. ~Albert Einstein
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler. ~Albert Einstein
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ~Albert Einstein
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted. ~Albert Einstein
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. ~Albert Einstein
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. ~Albert Einstein
Force always attracts men of low morality. ~Albert Einstein
Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood. ~Albert Einstein
God always takes the simplest way. ~Albert Einstein
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically. ~Albert Einstein
God does not play dice. ~Albert Einstein
God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean. ~Albert Einstein
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ~Albert Einstein
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ~Albert Einstein
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. ~Albert Einstein
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. ~Albert Einstein
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! ~Albert Einstein
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of goodwill! In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot. ~Albert Einstein
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. ~Albert Einstein
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. ~Albert Einstein
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ~Albert Einstein
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. ~Albert Einstein
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. ~Albert Einstein
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. ~Albert Einstein
I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. ~Albert Einstein
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. ~Albert Einstein
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed. ~Albert Einstein
I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones. ~Albert Einstein
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference! ~Albert Einstein
I have just got a new theory of eternity. ~Albert Einstein
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. ~Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ~Albert Einstein
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. ~Albert Einstein
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. ~Albert Einstein
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. ~Albert Einstein
I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion. ~Albert Einstein
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details. ~Albert Einstein
I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details. ~Albert Einstein
If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. ~Albert Einstein
If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. ~Albert Einstein
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. ~Albert Einstein
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. ~Albert Einstein
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ~Albert Einstein
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. ~Albert Einstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge. ~Albert Einstein
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same. ~Albert Einstein
In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself. ~Albert Einstein
Information is not knowledge. ~Albert Einstein
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~Albert Einstein
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. ~Albert Einstein
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow? ~Albert Einstein
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. ~Albert Einstein
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. ~Albert Einstein
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. ~Albert Einstein
It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man. ~Albert Einstein
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. ~Albert Einstein
It is only to the individual that a soul is given. ~Albert Einstein
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely. ~Albert Einstein
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. ~Albert Einstein
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid. ~Albert Einstein
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature. ~Albert Einstein
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. ~Albert Einstein
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. ~Albert Einstein
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. ~Albert Einstein
Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow - perhaps it all will. ~Albert Einstein
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. ~Albert Einstein
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ~Albert Einstein
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. ~Albert Einstein
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. ~Albert Einstein
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein
Love is a better teacher than duty. ~Albert Einstein
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. ~Albert Einstein
Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events. ~Albert Einstein
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God. ~Albert Einstein
Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone. ~Albert Einstein
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. ~Albert Einstein
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. ~Albert Einstein
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ~Albert Einstein
Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race. ~Albert Einstein
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. ~Albert Einstein
Never lose a holy curiosity. ~Albert Einstein
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. ~Albert Einstein
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ~Albert Einstein
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ~Albert Einstein
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. ~Albert Einstein
Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature. ~Albert Einstein
On the other hand, the concept owes its meaning and its justification exclusively to the totality of the sense impressions which we associate with it. ~Albert Einstein
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ~Albert Einstein
One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion. ~Albert Einstein
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. ~Albert Einstein
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. ~Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ~Albert Einstein
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. ~Albert Einstein
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. ~Albert Einstein
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. ~Albert Einstein
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age. ~Albert Einstein
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. ~Albert Einstein
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ~Albert Einstein
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. ~Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ~Albert Einstein
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. ~Albert Einstein
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. ~Albert Einstein
Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds. ~Albert Einstein
Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature. ~Albert Einstein
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. ~Albert Einstein
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. ~Albert Einstein
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. ~Albert Einstein
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. ~Albert Einstein
The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat. ~Albert Einstein
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. ~Albert Einstein
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. ~Albert Einstein
The environment is everything that isn't me. ~Albert Einstein
The faster you go, the shorter you are. ~Albert Einstein
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. ~Albert Einstein
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. ~Albert Einstein
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. ~Albert Einstein
The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax. ~Albert Einstein
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule. ~Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. ~Albert Einstein
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. ~Albert Einstein
The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks. ~Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ~Albert Einstein
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. ~Albert Einstein
The only real valuable thing is intuition. ~Albert Einstein
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. ~Albert Einstein
The only source of knowledge is experience. ~Albert Einstein
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. ~Albert Einstein
The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service. ~Albert Einstein
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. ~Albert Einstein
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ~Albert Einstein
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. ~Albert Einstein
The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal. ~Albert Einstein
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. ~Albert Einstein
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. ~Albert Einstein
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive. ~Albert Einstein
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. ~Albert Einstein
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. ~Albert Einstein
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. ~Albert Einstein
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. ~Albert Einstein
There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance. ~Albert Einstein
They come into being not through demonstration but through revelation, through the medium of powerful personalities. ~Albert Einstein
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler. ~Albert Einstein
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. ~Albert Einstein
To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground. ~Albert Einstein
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. ~Albert Einstein
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. ~Albert Einstein
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness. ~Albert Einstein
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ~Albert Einstein
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. ~Albert Einstein
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. ~Albert Einstein
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings. ~Albert Einstein
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive. ~Albert Einstein
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. ~Albert Einstein
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. ~Albert Einstein
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking. ~Albert Einstein
When the solution is simple, God is answering. ~Albert Einstein
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. ~Albert Einstein
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. ~Albert Einstein
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. ~Albert Einstein
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people. ~Albert Einstein
You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one. ~Albert Einstein
You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created. ~Albert Einstein
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. ~Albert Einstein
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