Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. Einstein is best known by the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2.
2075. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
2076. You will never fail until you stop trying.
2077. Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
2078. Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
2079. The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
2080. Creativity is intelligence having fun.
2081. If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
2082. We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.
2006. Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
2007. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
2008. A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.
2009. If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.
2010. Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
2011. Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
2012. If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about minutes.
1926. What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.
2055. Play is the highest form of research.
2056. 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.
2057. I thought of that while riding my bicycle.
2058. The only source of knowledge is experience.
2059. Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
2060. Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.
2061. At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself.
2062. The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.
2063. The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
2006. Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
2007. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
2008. A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.
2009. If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.
2010. Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
2011. Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
2012. If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about minutes.
1926. What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.
1927. Whoever is careless with truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
1928. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
1929. Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
1930. The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
1931. A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
1932. Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
1933. If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
1348. There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.
1349. Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
1350. The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
1351. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.
1352. No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
1353. You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one.
1192. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
1193. I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
1194. Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
1195. The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
1196. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
1197. Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
1198. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
1199. Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.
603. I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.
604. Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.
605. Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
606. Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
607. The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
608. Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.
609. 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.
328. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
329. 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.
330. It’s not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
331. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
332. Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
333. The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
334. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
78. A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it.
79. Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
80. We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
81. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
82. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
83. If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
84. I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
