I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that… — 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 scientist is activated by a wonder and awe before the mysterious comprehensibility of the universe which is yet finally beyond his… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
... it is a welcome symptom in an age which is commonly denounced as materialistic, that it makes heroes of men whose… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Science has gone a long way toward helping man to free himself from the burden of hard labor; yet, science itself is… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is not a problem of physics but of ethics. It… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will...Practically, I am, nevertheless, compelled to act as if freedom… — 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
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
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
Why do people speak of great men in terms of nationality? Great Germans, great Englishmen? Goethe always protested against being called a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The fact that man produces a concept "I" besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene. Jesus is too colossal for the pen… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A priori one should expect a chaotic world which cannot be grasped by the mind in any way... The kind of order… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The longing to behold this pre-established harmony [of phenomena and theoretical principles] is the source of the inexhaustible patience and perseverance with… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Hitler appeared, a man with limited intellectual abilities and unfit for any useful work, bursting with envy and bitterness against all whom… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A successful man is he who receives a great deal from his fellow men, usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I believe serious progress (in the abolition of war) can be achieved only when men become organized on an international scale and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I appeal to all men and women, whether they be eminent or humble, to declare that they will refuse to give any… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
He who finds though that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. You cannot subjugate a nation forcibly unless you wipe… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The stakes are immense, the task colossal, the time is short. But we may hope - we must hope - that man's… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Some men spend a lifetime in an attempt to comprehend the complexities of women. Others pre-occupy themselves with somewhat simpler tasks, such… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In matters of trust and justice there can be no distinction between big problems and small, for the general principles which determine… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surprise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; It is its own reward. Everything else is in god's hands. It's not… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. A table, a chair,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
So would a Being, endowed with higher insight and more perfect intelligence, watching man and his doings, smile about man's illusion that… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What is the meaning of human life, or, for that matter, of the life of any creature? To know the answer to… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The history of scientific and technical discovery teaches us that the human race is poor in independent and creative imagination. Even when… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel… — 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
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In two weeks the sheeplike masses of any country can be worked up by the newspapers into such a state of excited… — 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
“Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't true.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image