Albert Einstein Quotes
50 quotes
Albert Einstein
Revolutionary physicist who transformed our understanding of reality
50 Quotes
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character
— Letter to Dr. J. Dressel, 1920
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious
— Letter to Carl Seelig, 1952
A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future
— Autobiographical Notes
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it
— The New Quotable Einstein
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love
— Letter to his daughter Lieserl, 1933
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
— Life Magazine, 1955
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious
— The World As I See It
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new
— The Quotable Einstein
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
— Albert Einstein: The Human Side
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind
— The World As I See It
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
— The Einstein Scrapbook, 2002
Black holes are where God divided by zero
— Attributed, Theoretical Physics Discussions
Nothing happens until something moves
— Attributed in The Ultimate Quotable Einstein (Princeton University Press)
I believe in standardizing automobiles. I do not believe in standardizing human beings
— Interview with Edward R. Murrow, 1955
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving
— Letter to his son Eduard, 1930
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
— The World As I See It
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't, pays it
— Attributed; Paraphrased in Various Sources
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough
— Attributed (1951), various sources
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough
— The World As I See It
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university
— Quoted in Reminiscences of Albert Einstein by G. S. Viereck, 1929
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former
— Attributed, often in lectures and correspondence
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school
— Quoted in 'The New York Times', 1929
I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking
— Interview with G.S. Viereck, 1929
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed
— Living Philosophies
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them
— Attributed, various sources
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
— Letter to Robert S. Marcus, 1954
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them
— Quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world.
— Cosmic Religion
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits
— Quoted in 'The Quotable Einstein' by Alice Calaprice
A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels
— Atomic Education Urged by Einstein, New York Times, 1946
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new
— The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere
— Interview with The Saturday Evening Post, 1929
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift
— Old Man’s Advice to Youth, New York Times Magazine, 1952
A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness
— Note to a bellboy, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, 1922
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value
— Letter to a young man, 1950
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
— On Education
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking
— The World As I See It
God does not play dice with the universe
— Letter to Max Born, 1926
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted
— Attributed by William Bruce Cameron, often associated with Einstein
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change
— Letter to Leo Baeck, 1953
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity
— Ideas and Opinions, 'Self-Portrait'
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
— Attributed in various sources, including The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, 2010
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible
— Physics and Reality, 1936
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
— Letter to Janos Plesch, 1921
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
— The Quotable Einstein
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
— Science, Philosophy and Religion: A Symposium, 1941
Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds
— Out of My Later Years
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it
— The World As I See It
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination
— Interview with the Saturday Evening Post, 1929
The value of achievement lies in the achieving
— Letter to Vera Stern, 1929