Albert Einstein Doe Quotations

What is significant in one's own existence one is hardly aware, and it certainly should not bother the other fellow. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?

Insofar as mathematics is true, it does not describe the real world. Insofar as it describes the real world, it is not true.

God Almighty does not throw dice.

The moon does not simply disappear when we are not looking at it.

Love is not the stupidest thing a man does, but it cannot be blamed on gravity.

Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn't do.

The wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims.

One does not make wars less likely by formulationg rules of warfare... war cannot be humanized. It can only be eliminated...

Common sense invents and constructs no less than its own field than science does in its domain. It is, however, in the nature of common sense not to be aware of this situation.

I am not a positivist. Positivism states that what cannot be observed does not exist. This conception is scientifically indefensible, for it is impossible to make valid affirmations of what people 'can' or 'cannot' observe. One would have to say 'only what we observe exists,' which is obviously false.

There does, in fact, appear to be a plan.

Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay.

The sceptic will say, 'It may well be true that this system of equations is reasonable from a logical standpoint, but this does not prove that it corresponds to nature.' You are right, dear sceptic. Experience alone can decide on truth.

He who has never been deceived by a lie does not know the meaning of bliss.

I do not believe that a man should be restrained in his daily actions by being afraid of punishment after death or that he should do things only because in this way he will be rewarded after he dies. This does not make sense. The proper guidance during the life of a man should be the weight that he puts upon ethics and the amount of consideration that he has for others.

To the extent math refers to reality, we are not certain to the extent we are certain, math does not refer to reality.

For an idea which, at first, does not seem absurd, there is no hope.

Time does not exist - we invented it

The wing structure of the hornet, in relation to its weight, is not suitable for flight, but he does not know this and flies anyway.

As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.

To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.

No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake

The daily struggle does not arise from a purpose or a program, but from an immediate need.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. One should earn one's living by work of which one is sure one is capable. Only when we do not have to be accountable to anybody can we find joy in scientific endeavor.