Albert Einstein Quotes

A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel pity for the adherent of another religion but usually it does not stop there. The faithful adherent of a religion will try first of all to convince those that believe in another religion and usually he goes on to hatred if he is not successful. However, hatred then leads to persecution when the might of the majority is behind it.

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

The problems that exist in this world can not be solved by the level of thinking that created them.

The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

It seems to me an utterly futile task to prescribe rules and limitations for the conduct of war. War is not a game; hence one cannot wage war by rules as one would in playing games. Our fight must be against war itself. The masses of people can most effectively fight the institution of war by establishing an organization for the absolute refusal of military service.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

The more cruel the wrong that men commit against an individual or a people, the deeper their hatred and contempt for their victim.

The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

No scientist thinks in formulae.

It is impossible to get out of a problem by using the same kind of thinking that it took to get into it.

Empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes. It is not learned in school; it is cultivated over a lifetime.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.

I want to know all God's thoughts.

The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.

Figuring out how to think about the problem.

Am I, or the others crazy?

You cannot prepare for war and peace at the same time.

Mathematics deals exclusively with the relations of concepts to each other without consideration of their relation to experience.

Be a voice not an echo.

It would be better if you began to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.

My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feeling. My love for justice and striving to contribute towards the improvement of human conditions are quite independent from my scientific interests.

It is humankind's duty to respect all life, not only animals have feelings but even also trees and plants.

O, Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom?

Everybody felt his superiority, but nobody felt oppressed by it. Though he had no illusions about people and human affairs, he was full of kindness toward everybody and everything. Never did he give the impression of domineering, always of serving and helping. He was extremely conscientious, without allowing anything to assume undue importance; a subtle humor guarded him, which was reflected in his eyes and in his smile.

I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.

Nothing happens until something moves. When something vibrates, the electrons of the entire universe resonate with it. Everything is connected.

Experience is knowledge. All the rest is information.

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.

There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!

I cannot seriously believe in it [quantum theory] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance [spukhafte Fernwirkungen].

I always found I was in the best of company, alone.

I want to Gods thoughts, the rest are details.

By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.

What a person thinks on his own without being stimulated by the thoughts and experiences of the other people is even in the best case rather paltry and monotonous.

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

So I am living without fats, without meat, without fish, but am feeling quite well this way. It always seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.

Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.

We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.

Not all things worth counting are countable and not all things that count are worth counting.

There is no scientific antidote, only education. You've got to change the way people think. I am not interested in disarmament talks between nations . . . What I want to do is to disarm the mind. After that, everything else will automatically follow. The ultimate weapon for such mental disarmament is international education.

artificial intellegance is no match for natural stupidity

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

I live my daydreams in music I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.