--- title: "16 Bases Quotes By Albert Einstein" description: "16 Bases quotes by Albert Einstein. Plus more from Albert Einstein and more Bases sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/albert-einstein-33_bases_i-have-never-looked-upon-ease-and-happin_2391914.jpg" --- > [I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves. This ethical basis I call the ideal of the pigsty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-have-never-looked-upon-ease-and-happiness-as-ends-in-themselves/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/albert-einstein-33_bases_i-have-never-looked-upon-ease-and-happin_2391914.jpg) > [Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/belief-in-an-external-world-independent-of-the-perceiving-subject-is/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/albert-einstein-33_bases_belief-in-an-external-world-independent_434188.jpg) > [Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/fear-or-stupidity-has-always-been-the-basis-of-most-human-actions/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/albert-einstein-33_action_fear-or-stupidity-has-always-been-the-ba_376855.jpg) > [It is my belief that the problem of bringing peace to the world on a supranational basis will be solved only by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/it-is-my-belief-that-the-problem-of-bringing-peace-to-the-world-on-a/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/albert-einstein-33_bases_it-is-my-belief-that-the-problem-of-brin_1619338.jpg) > [I agree with your remark about loving your enemy as far as actions are concerned. But for me the cognitive basis is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-agree-with-your-remark-about-loving-your-enemy-as-far-as-actions/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/albert-einstein-33_action_i-agree-with-your-remark-about-loving-yo_1731215.jpg) > [It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/it-is-true-that-the-grasping-of-truth-is-not-possible-without/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/albert-einstein-33_bases_it-is-true-that-the-grasping-of-truth-is_1730099.jpg) > [My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/my-position-concerning-god-is-that-of-an-agnostic-i-am-convinced-that/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/albert-einstein-33_agnostic_my-position-concerning-god-is-that-of-an_972187.jpg) > [The best that Gauss has given us was likewise an exclusive production. If he had not created his geometry of surfaces, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-best-that-gauss-has-given-us-was-likewise-an-exclusive-production/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96f/albert-einstein-33_bases_the-best-that-gauss-has-given-us-was-lik_2731760.jpg) > [If the believers of the present-day religions would earnestly try to think and act in the spirit of the founders of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/if-the-believers-of-the-present-day-religions-would-earnestly-try-to/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/albert-einstein-33_bases_if-the-believers-of-the-present-day-reli_3153258.jpg) > [I do not believe that a moral philosophy can ever be founded on a scientific basis. … The valuation of life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-do-not-believe-that-a-moral-philosophy-can-ever-be-founded-on-a/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/albert-einstein-33_bases_i-do-not-believe-that-a-moral-philosophy_143702.jpg) > [The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. Since, however, sense perception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-belief-in-an-external-world-independent-of-the-perceiving-subject/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/albert-einstein-33_bases_the-belief-in-an-external-world-independ_1451309.jpg) > [In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/in-my-opinion-there-is-no-other-salvation-for-civilization-and-even/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/albert-einstein-33_armament_in-my-opinion-there-is-no-other-salvatio_1813592.jpg) > [It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/it-seems-to-me-that-the-idea-of-a-personal-god-is-an-anthropological/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/albert-einstein-33_after-death_it-seems-to-me-that-the-idea-of-a-person_815270.jpg) > [I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-should-much-rather-see-reasonable-agreement-with-the-arabs-on-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/albert-einstein-33_agreement_i-should-much-rather-see-reasonable-agre_2621599.jpg) > [I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-have-never-looked-upon-ease-and-happiness-as-ends-in-themselves-3/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/817/albert-einstein-33_art_i-have-never-looked-upon-ease-and-happin_2996173.jpg) > [The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-ideals-which-have-always-shone-before-me-and-filled-me-with-the-2/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/albert-einstein-33_bases_the-ideals-which-have-always-shone-befor_2778244.jpg) ## Other authors on Bases ## More by Albert Einstein > [America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/america-is-a-democracy-and-has-no-hitler-but-i-am-afraid-for-her/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The faster you go, the shorter you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-faster-you-go-the-shorter-you-are/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/common-sense-is-nothing-more-than-a-deposit-of-prejudices-laid-down/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-most-fundamental-question-we-can-ever-ask-ourselves-is-whether-or/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/a-knowledge-of-the-existence-of-something-we-cannot-penetrate-of-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/you-imagine-that-i-look-back-on-my-life-s-work-with-calm-satisfaction/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-strongest-force-in-the-universe-is-compound-interest/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-right-to-search-for-the-truth-implies-also-a-duty-one-must-not/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/everything-that-is-really-great-and-inspiring-is-created-by-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-world-we-have-made-is-a-result-of-the-level-of-thinking-we-have/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/anyone-who-thinks-science-is-trying-to-make-human-life-easier-or-more/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/life-isn-t-worth-living-unless-it-is-lived-for-someone-else/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [“Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/just-because-you-don-t-believe-in-something-doesn-t-mean-it-isn-t-true/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/but-there-is-another-reason-for-the-high-repute-of-mathematics-it-is/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/nothing-will-benefit-human-health-and-increase-the-chances-for/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bases/albert-einstein/#itemlist", "name": "16 Bases Quotes By Albert Einstein", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves. 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