Albert Einstein
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish.
The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed
A dictatorship means muzzles all round, and consequently stultification. Science can flourish only in an atmosphere of free speech Albert Einstein
Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become
Keep your humorous attitude throughout life later in life, too. Because very few human matters are endurable without humor. They even lose some of their ludicrousness through laughter Albert Einstein
Small is the number that see with their own eyes and feel with their own heart
“I’m enough of an artist to draw freely on my imagination. Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world.
“The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks
“A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings
“Curiosity is a delicate little plant which, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom
“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge in the field of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods Albert Einstein
“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know if I am
“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future
The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when contemplating the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of the mystery every day. The important thing is not to stop questioning; never lose a holy curiosity
The most important endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity for life Albert Einstein
“The monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
Science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion The situation may be expressed by an image: science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind
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
What can the schools do to defend democracy Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary Albert Einstein
It would be better if you begin to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.
Taken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit…not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in what we believe is evil Albert Einstein
Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations, produced by enthusiastic effort and infinite labor in every country of the world. All this is put into your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it to your children. Thus do we mortals achieve immortality in the permanent things which we create in common
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity
“On the piano, play mainly the things that you enjoy, even if your teacher doesn’t assign them to you. You learn the most from things that you enjoy doing so much that you don’t even notice that the time is passing. Often I’m so engrossed in my work that I forget to eat lunch
It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he does not really need a college. He can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks
After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well. Albert Einstein
“I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly
“The most precious things in life are not those you get for money
“Good acts are like good poems. One may easily get their drift, but they are not rationally understood.
“One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name
I believe that a simple and unassuming life is good for everybody, physically and mentally
Mysticism is in fact the only criticism people cannot level against my theory
The ideals which have guided my way, and time after time have given me the energy to face life, have been kindness, beauty, and truth Albert Einstein
All of science is nothing more than the refinement of everyday thinking
“God gave me the stubbornness of a mule and a fairly keen scent
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute – and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity Albert Einstein
I have remained a simple fellow who asks nothing of the world; only my youth is gone – the enchanting youth that forever walks on air Albert Einstein
“A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of others Albert Einstein
“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by how he has attained liberation from the self
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty
“The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful Albert Einstein
“One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts Albert Einstein
“I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy Albert Einstein
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
“Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do-but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it
“Work is the only thing that gives substance to life
“Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better
“The search for truth and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man – though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least Albert Einstein
“I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one’s livelihood. Albert Einstein
“I believe that older people who have scarcely anything to lose ought to be willing to speak out on behalf of those who are young and who are subject to much greater restraint Albert Einstein
Your “I feel too old” I am not taking too seriously, because I know this feeling myself. Sometimes it surges upwards and then subsides again. We can after all quietly leave it to nature gradually to reduce us to dust if she does not prefer a more rapid method
Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me
It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist
“I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then to sin to my wicked heart’s content Albert Einstein
“Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life Albert Einstein
“Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose Albert Einstein
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things
Music does not influence research work, but both are nourished by the same sort of longing, and they complement each other in the release they offer
Never regard your study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal job and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.
“Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions
“Children don’t heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew Albert Einstein
“Science will stagnate if it is made to serve practical goals
In one’s youth every person and every event appear to be unique. With age one becomes much more aware that similar events recur. Later on, one is less often delighted or surprised, but also less disappointed than in earlier years Albert Einstein
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the life-long attempt to acquire it
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it. One should earn one’s living by work of which one is sure one is capable. Only when we do not have to be accountable to anybody can we find joy in scientific endeavor
What Artistic and Scientific Experience Have in Common – Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking, and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science. If what is seen and experienced is portrayed in the language of logic, we are engaged in science. If it is communicated through forms whose connections are not accessible to the conscious mind but are recognized intuitively as meaninful, then we are engaged in art. Common to both is the loving devotion to that which transcends personal concerns and volition
It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing our theories become the less empirical knowledge is needed to determine those theories Albert Einstein
As for the search for truth, I know from my own painful searching, with its many blind alleys, how hard it is to take a reliable step, be it ever so small, towards the understanding of that which is truly significant Albert Einstein
The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an exorable and not very friendly judge of his work. It never says “yes” to a theory. In the most favorable cases it says “Maybe,” and in the great majority of cases simply “No.” If an experiment agrees with a theory it means for the latter “Maybe,” and if it does not agree it means “No.” Probably every theory will some day experience its “No” – most theories, soon after conception
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved such a leap Albert Einstein
A society’s competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic table, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity Albert Einstein
“It is important to foster individuality for only the individual can produce the new ideas
“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think
“A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience Albert Einstein
The simplest picture one can form about the creation of an empirical science is along the lines of an inductive method. Individual facts are selected and grouped together so that the laws that connect them become apparent…However, the big advances in scientific knowledge originated in this way only to a small degree…The truly great advances in our understanding of nature originated in a way almost diametrically opposed to induction. The intuitive grasp of the essentials of a large complex of facts leads the scientist to the postulation of a hypothetical basic law or laws. From these laws, he derives his conclusions
But nature did not deem it her business to make the discovery of her laws easy for us
“One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness. Such men make this cosmos and its construction the pivot of their emotional life, in order to find the peace and security which they cannot find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience
“With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon
“Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science
“It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving and every man may take comfort from the fine saying that is more precious than its possession Albert Einstein
“Look into nature, and then you will understand it better
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility…The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious
One must divide one’s time between politics and equations. But our equations are much more important to me, because politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity Albert Einstein
I think we have to safeguard ourselves against people who are a menace to others, quite apart from what may have motivated their deeds Albert Einstein
I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves–such an ethical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty…The ideals which have guided my way, and time after time have given me the energy to face life, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth
I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.
It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection Albert Einstein
The value of achievement lies in the achieving behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician….I live my day dreams in music…I get most joy in my life out of my violin.
Truly novel inventions emerge only in one’s youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish
My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature not by other feelings
Human beings in their thinking, feeling and acting are not free but are just as causally bound as the stars in their motions. Albert Einstein
Mozart’s music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe
The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working
The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem Albert Einstein
Music does not influence research work, but both are nourished by the same sort of longing, and they complement each other in the release they offer Albert Einstein
The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self Albert Einstein
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards.
We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity–and shape our lives accordingly. Albert Einstein
Everything is determined. by forces over which we have no control.
If there is no price to be paid, it is also not of value.
Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.
I never worry about the future. It comes soon enough
I have reached an age when if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to
My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary Albert Einstein
Failure and deprivation are the best educators and purifiers
Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them these are the best guides for man.
Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are still greater.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously
I have to apologize to you that I am still among the living. There will be a remedy for this, however.
We have to do the best we know. This is our sacred human responsibility
In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell. Albert Einstein
What I see in Nature is a grand design that we can comprehend only imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility Albert Einstein
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep
A ‘miracle is an exception from lawfulness; hence, where lawfulness does not exist, its exception, i.e., a miracle, also cannot exist Albert Einstein
Whoever is careless with truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs
A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment Albert Einstein
I must seek in the stars that which was denied me on Earth
Where there is love, there is no imposition.
I lived in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
He who cherishes the values of culture cannot fail to be a pacifist
If only I could give you some of my happiness so you would never be sad and depressed again.
If God created the world, his primary concern was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us.
All of one’s contemporaries and aging friends are living in a delicate balance, and one feels that one’s own consciousness is no longer as brightly lit as it once was. But then, twilight with its more subdued colors has its charms as well
“Even old age has very beautiful moments.
Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it. Albert Einstein
In my opinion it is not right to bring politics into scientific matters, nor should individuals be held responsible for the government of the country to which they happen to belong. Albert Einstein
The embodiment of genius and the pre-eminent scientist of the modern age, his theories and discoveries have profoundly affected the way people view and understand the world and their place in it. Einstein was also known as a philosopher and humanist who was keenly interested in and concerned about the affairs of the world
His sagacious, wise, and humorous quotations, letters, and articles are widely used throughout popular culture as well as in historical and academic works. Einstein’s name and image are instantly recognizable everywhere in the world.
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, alongside quantum mechanics. He is perhaps best known in popular culture for his mass/energy equivalence formula E=mc2. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”, and in particular his discovery of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory.
Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. As a child, he exhibited an extraordinary curiosity for and understanding of the mysteries of science. The young Einstein also took music lessons, playing both violin and piano; stoking a passion for music that he maintained throughout his life. Moving first to Italy and then Switzerland, the young prodigy graduated from high school in 1896.
In 1905, while working as a patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland, Einstein had what came to be known as his “Annus Mirabilis” (miracle year). It was during this time that the young physicist obtained his Doctorate degree and published four of his most influential research papers, including the Special Theory of Relativity, the Photoelectric Effect, Brownian Motion, and Mass/Energy Equivalence, and his worldwide fame was assured. In 1915, Einstein completed his General Theory of Relativity, and brought to the world a fuller understanding of the interaction of space, time and gravity.
The practical applications of Einstein’s theories include the development of everyday and indispensable items such as Televisions, Remote Controls, Digital Cameras, and GPS tracking systems.
In 1999 Albert Einstein was recognized by TIME Magazine as the “Person of the Century”. Einstein’s intellect, along with his wise and passionate dedication to the causes of social justice and pacifism, left humanity with a fuller understanding of its place in the universe and with pioneering moral guidance for future generations.
How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.” Albert Einstein
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
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.
The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning
I never think of the future it comes soon enough.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor
Imagination is more important than knowledge
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
In front of God We all are equally wise & equally foolish as well
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
The only real valuable thing is intuition
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind
Knowledge is so important but Imagination is more than that
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
One should not try become a man of success, rather try to be a man of value
Life lived for others is called the Worth living
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