Albert Einstein And Quotations

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem -- in my opinion -- to characterize our age.

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age

When I am judging a theory, I ask myself whether, if I were God, I would have arranged the world in such a way.

I thought marketing this product to kids ages four and older is outrageous,

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.

Those who believe that politics and religion do not mix, understand neither.

In the teaching of geography and history a sympathetic understanding (should) be fostered for the characteristics of the different peoples of the world, especially for those who we are in the habit of describing as "primitive.

If one day you have to choose between the world and love, remember this: If you choose the world you’ll be left without love, but if you choose love, with it you will conquer the world

There are times when one feels liberated from one’s limits and human imperfections. At such moments, we see ourselves there, in a little corner of our little planet, our eyes fixed in wonder on the cold and yet deep beauty of that which is eternal, that which is elusive. Life and death are fused together and there is no evolution, nor destination, there is only BEING.

The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being.

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.

Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.

No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.

For every action, there is a reaction.

America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people, troubles will be coming from within and without. America cannot smile away their Negro problem nor Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are cosmic laws.

There are moments when one feels free from one's own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable; life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only Being.

The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.

If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.

A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.

To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty... this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.

My position concerning God is that of an agnostic.

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. This is regarded as probably NOT a quote by Einstein.

Even though the realms of religion and science in themselves are clearly marked off from each other, nevertheless there exist between the two strong reciprocal relationships and dependencies.

For the most part, I do the thing which my own nature prompts me to do. It is embarrassing to earn so much respect and love for it.

Common sense is merely the deposit of prejudice laid down in the human mind before the age of 18

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.

These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterward.

The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It doe

I cannot believe that God plays dice with the cosmos.

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love