--- title: "7 Pursuit Quotes By Albert Einstein" description: "7 Pursuit quotes by Albert Einstein. Plus more from Albert Einstein and more Pursuit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/albert-einstein-33_circumstances_my-interest-in-science-was-always-essent_513711.jpg" --- > [My interest in science was always essentially limited to the study of principles… That I have published so little is due to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/my-interest-in-science-was-always-essentially-limited-to-the-study-of/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/albert-einstein-33_circumstances_my-interest-in-science-was-always-essent_513711.jpg) > [The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-pursuit-of-knowledge-for-its-own-sake-an-almost-fanatical-love-of/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/albert-einstein-33_culture_the-pursuit-of-knowledge-for-its-own-sak_643920.jpg) > [Happiness, as a pursuit, is suitable only for pigs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/happiness-as-a-pursuit-is-suitable-only-for-pigs/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/albert-einstein-33_happiness_happiness-as-a-pursuit-is-suitable-only_1427756.jpg) > [The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-pursuit-of-truth-and-beauty-is-a-sphere-of-activity-in-which-we/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/albert-einstein-33_beauty_the-pursuit-of-truth-and-beauty-is-a-sph_1695148.jpg) > [Study and, in general, the pursuit of truth and beauty is the sphere in which we are permitted to remain children all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/study-and-in-general-the-pursuit-of-truth-and-beauty-is-the-sphere-in/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/albert-einstein-33_beauty_study-and-in-general-the-pursuit-of-trut_2011265.jpg) > [The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-pursuit-of-knowledge-is-more-valuable-than-its-possession/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/albert-einstein-33_knowledge_the-pursuit-of-knowledge-is-more-valuabl_2709082.jpg) > [Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/every-one-who-is-seriously-involved-in-the-pursuit-of-science-becomes/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/albert-einstein-33_faces_every-one-who-is-seriously-involved-in-t_3055460.jpg) ## Other authors on Pursuit - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/thomas-jefferson/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/ayn-rand/) - [Samuel Johnson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-leo-tolstoy-55.jpg) Leo Tolstoy 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/leo-tolstoy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/charles-dickens/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/plato/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jerry-bridges-49058.jpg) Jerry Bridges 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/jerry-bridges/) ## More by Albert Einstein > [America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/america-is-a-democracy-and-has-no-hitler-but-i-am-afraid-for-her/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The faster you go, the shorter you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-faster-you-go-the-shorter-you-are/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/common-sense-is-nothing-more-than-a-deposit-of-prejudices-laid-down/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-most-fundamental-question-we-can-ever-ask-ourselves-is-whether-or/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/a-knowledge-of-the-existence-of-something-we-cannot-penetrate-of-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/you-imagine-that-i-look-back-on-my-life-s-work-with-calm-satisfaction/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-strongest-force-in-the-universe-is-compound-interest/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-right-to-search-for-the-truth-implies-also-a-duty-one-must-not/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/everything-that-is-really-great-and-inspiring-is-created-by-the/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-world-we-have-made-is-a-result-of-the-level-of-thinking-we-have/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/anyone-who-thinks-science-is-trying-to-make-human-life-easier-or-more/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/life-isn-t-worth-living-unless-it-is-lived-for-someone-else/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [“Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/just-because-you-don-t-believe-in-something-doesn-t-mean-it-isn-t-true/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/but-there-is-another-reason-for-the-high-repute-of-mathematics-it-is/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/nothing-will-benefit-human-health-and-increase-the-chances-for/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": 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