It is certainly true that principles cannot be more securely founded than on experience and consciously clear thinking. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
No one must think that Newton’s great creation can be overthrown in any real sense by this [Theory of Relativity] or by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The words of language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is quite clear to me that the religious paradise of youth, which [I] lost, was a first attempt to free myself… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
"One becomes a deeply religious nonbeliever...". It is clear from the original that it is definitely not "I". — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Consider the concepts referred to in the words 'where', 'when', 'why', 'being', to the elucidation of which innumerable volumes of philosophy have… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity. I hope that someday, our humanity might yet surpass our… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is difficult even to attach a precise meaning to the term "scientific truth." So different is the meaning of the word… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Convictions can best be supported with experience and clear thinking. — 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 Image
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image