Individual Quotes by Albert Einstein

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

— Albert Einstein

Nothing truly valuable can be achieved except by the unselfish cooperation of many individuals.

— Albert Einstein

External conditions can, to a certain extent, reduce, but never cancel individual repsonsibility.

— Albert Einstein

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

— Albert Einstein

Inner freedom is an infrequent gift of nature and a worthy object for the individual.

— Albert Einstein

It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.

— Albert Einstein

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

— Albert Einstein

My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

— Albert Einstein

Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as…

— Albert Einstein

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on…

— Albert Einstein

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman…

— Albert Einstein

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.

— Albert Einstein

The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world…

— Albert Einstein

Life is a great tapestry. The individual is only an insignificant thread in an immense and miraculous pattern.

— Albert Einstein

The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the…

— Albert Einstein

Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labor, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals.

— Albert Einstein

Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than…

— Albert Einstein

The really valuable thing in the pageant of human life seems to me not the political state, but the creative, sentient individual,…

— Albert Einstein

Realising the healthy international relations can be created only among populations made up of individuals who themselves are healthy and enjoy a…

— Albert Einstein

The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching…

— Albert Einstein

I have made no secret, either privately or publicly, of any sense of outrage over officially enforced military and war service. I…

— Albert Einstein

Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate…

— Albert Einstein

Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by power and by force, whether it arises under the…

— Albert Einstein

There is, however, one other human right which is infrequently mentioned but which seems to be destined to become very important: this…

— Albert Einstein

Nevertheless, it is necessary to remember that a planned economy is not yet socialism. A planned economy as such may be accompanied…

— Albert Einstein

If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then…

— Albert Einstein

Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and…

— Albert Einstein

I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience…

— Albert Einstein

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on…

— Albert Einstein

There is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open…

— Albert Einstein

Certainly there are things worth believing. I believe in the brotherhood of man and the uniqueness of the individual. But if you…

— Albert Einstein

It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception…

— Albert Einstein

The individual who has experienced solitude will not easily become a victim of mass suggestion.

— Albert Einstein

One feels the insignificance of the individual, and it makes one happy.

— Albert Einstein

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

— Albert Einstein

I have no extraordinary ability. I'm simply an inquisitive individual.

— Albert Einstein

The more cruel the wrong that men commit against an individual or a people, the deeper their hatred and contempt for their…

— Albert Einstein

[O]nly if every individual strives for truth can humanity attain a happier future; the atavisms in each of us that stand in…

— Albert Einstein

I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop…

— Albert Einstein

It is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather…

— Albert Einstein