The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by power and by force, whether it arises under the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Without creative, independently thinking and judging personalities the upward development of society is as unthinkable as the development of the individual personality… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I believe that the horrifying deterioration in the ethical conduct of people today stems from the mechanization and dehumanization of our lives.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The comprehensibility of the world seems to me a wonder or eternal secret. Here lies the sense of wonder which increases even… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the beginning (if there was such a thing), God created Newton's laws of motion together with the necessary masses and forces.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
But the personality that finally emerges is largely formed by the environment in which a man happens to find himself during his… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
.. free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is my inner conviction that the development of science seeks in the main to satisfy the longing for pure knowledge. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Jewish scriptures admirably illustrate the development from the religion of fear to moral religion, a development continued in the New Testament.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Everything that the human race has done and thought is concerned with the satisfaction of deeply felt needs and the assuagement of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Development of Western science is based on two great achievements: the invention of the formal logical system (in Euclidean geometry) by the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When men are engaged in war and conquest, the tools of science become as dangerous as a razor in the hands of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
"Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem to characterize our age. If we desire sincerely and passionately the safety, the welfare… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition from one generation to the next. This… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
[Misquotation; not by Einstein.] If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. [Apparently remorseful for his role in the… — 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