Quotes from Albert Einstein

a person who never make a mistake, never tried anything new.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

The environment is everything that isn't me.

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.

It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

True religion is real living living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is keep your mouth shut.

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself in the little that we, with our weak and transitory understanding, can comprehend of reality. Morality is of the highest importance — but for us, not for God.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary.

I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.

Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust — we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.