The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Galileo - the father of modern physics - indeed of modern science. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature not by other feelings. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The mathematician knows some things, no doubt, but not those things one usually wants to get from him. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Relativity is a purely scientific matter and has nothing to do with religion. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have also considered many scientific plans during my pushing you around in your pram! — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The creative scientist studies nature with the rapt gaze of the lover, and is guided as often by aesthetics as by rational… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that all the finer speculations in the realm of science spring from a deep religious feeling, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There exists a passion for comprehension, just as there exists a passion for music. That passion is rather common in children, but… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Discussion and argument are essential parts of science; the greatest talent is the ability to strip a theory until the simple basic… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Mathematics deals exclusively with the relations of concepts to each other without consideration of their relation to experience. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“You make experiments and I make theories. Do you know the difference? A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me:… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an exorable and not very friendly judge… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The longing to behold this pre-established harmony [of phenomena and theoretical principles] is the source of the inexhaustible patience and perseverance with… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“If this conviction had not been a strongly emotional one and if those searching for knowledge had not been inspired by Spinoza… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You believe in the God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order in a world that objectively exists, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Does there truly exist an insuperable contradiction between religion and science? Can religion be superseded by science?” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
“Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't true.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share
But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. — Albert Einstein Copy Share