Albert Einstein Answers Quotations

Don't listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.

I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

Cherish the questions, for the answers keep changing.

I asked myself childish questions and proceeded to answer them.

Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam? Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different.

What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion.

I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon me, a scientist, dealing in abstract things and happy if left alone, is a manifestation of mass psychology that is beyond me.

If you want the answer to anything, go sit in Nature for awhile