[When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?"] That is simple, my friend. It is because politics is more difficult than physics.

What I see in Nature is a grand design that we can understand only imperfectly, one with which a responsible person must look at with humility.

The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.

Whoever is devoid of the capacity to wonder, whoever remains unmoved, whoever cannot contemplate or know the deep shudder of the soul in enchantment, might just as well be dead for he has already closed his eyes upon life.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.

The truth isn't always a blinding light. Sometimes it's a deep and dazzling darkness, that illuminates - and burns - just as surely.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.