One must divide one's time between politics and equations. But our equations are much more important to me, because politics is for… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I was just more stubborn and more passionate than most about physics. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Galileo - the father of modern physics - indeed of modern science. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Physics is an attempt conceptually to grasp reality as something that is considered to be independent of its being observed. In this… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The importance of C.F. Gauss for the development of modern physical theory and especially for the mathematical fundament of the theory of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“I don't pretend to understand the universe — it's much bigger than I am.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Understanding physics is child's play when compared to understanding child's play. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Relativity teaches us the connection between the different descriptions of one and the same reality. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
On quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I like to experience the universe as one harmonious whole. Every cell has life. Matter, too, has life; it is energy solidified.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What physics looks for: The simplest possible system of thought which will bind together the observed facts. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid. — 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
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If [quantum theory] is correct, it signifies the end of physics as a science. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense-experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
[When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
[Max Planck] was one of the finest people I have ever known... but he really didn't understand physics, [because] during the eclipse… — 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