Memorable Quotes by Albert Einstein

I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.

— Albert Einstein

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

— Albert Einstein

Science will stagnate if it is made to serve practical goals.

— Albert Einstein

Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.

— Albert Einstein

God gave me the stubbornness of a mule and a fairly keen scent.

— Albert Einstein

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

— Albert Einstein

The most precious things in life are not those you get for money.

— Albert Einstein

It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.

— Albert Einstein

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly.

— Albert Einstein

Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

— Albert Einstein

I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number…

— Albert Einstein

I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then…

— Albert Einstein

My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature not by other feelings.

— 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

...and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man - though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive…

— Albert Einstein

I have remained a simple fellow who asks nothing of the world; only my youth is gone - the enchanting youth that…

— Albert Einstein

It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more…

— Albert Einstein

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. One should earn one's living by…

— Albert Einstein

What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they…

— Albert Einstein

In one's youth every person and every event appear to be unique. With age one becomes much more aware that similar events…

— Albert Einstein

The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an exorable and not very friendly judge…

— Albert Einstein

It would be better if you began to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.

— Albert Einstein

The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks

— Albert Einstein

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

— Albert Einstein

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

— Albert Einstein

A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.

— Albert Einstein

Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.

— Albert Einstein

Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science.

— Albert Einstein

One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.

— Albert Einstein

But nature did not deem it her business to make the discovery of her laws easy for us.

— Albert Einstein

Mysticism is in fact the only criticism people cannot level against my theory.

— Albert Einstein

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

— Albert Einstein

Good acts are like good poems. One may easily get their drift, but they are not rationally understood.

— Albert Einstein

I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly.

— Albert Einstein

A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of…

— Albert Einstein

Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish.

— Albert Einstein

Children don’t heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew.

— Albert Einstein

It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.

— Albert Einstein

Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to…

— Albert Einstein

One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through…

— Albert Einstein