Quotes By Albert Einstein

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

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

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.

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.

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

Information is not knowledge.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

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.

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.

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

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.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.