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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Revolutionary physicist who transformed our understanding of reality

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