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 physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for, he himself knows best, and feels… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it - that it has always… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
To one bent on age, death will come as a release. I feel this quite strongly now that I have grown old… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Dear Habicht, / Such a solemn air of silence has descended between us that I almost feel as if I am committing… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Since I have introduced this term I had always a bad conscience. . . . I cannot help to feel it strongly… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There lies the weaknesss of positivists and professional atheists who are elated because they feel that they have not only successfully rid… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If the moon, in the act of completing its eternal way around the earth, were gifted with self-consciousness, it would feel thoroughly… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in… — 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 believe in intuition and inspiration...at times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason. — 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