Quotes By Albert Einstein

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

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.

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

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.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

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.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

The faster you go, the shorter you are.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

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.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.