A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
...and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man - though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions. — 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
It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I think we have to safeguard ourselves against people who are a menace to others, quite apart from what may have motivated… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Good acts are like good poems. One may easily get their drift, but they are not rationally understood. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It would be better if you began to teach others only after you yourself have learned something. — 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
Mysticism is in fact the only criticism people cannot level against my theory. — 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
One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. One should earn one's living by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Children don’t heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously. — 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