Quotes from Albert Einstein

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.

Information is not knowledge.

If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.

We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.

I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this.

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.

No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

Play is the highest form of research.

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.

Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.

Dancers are the athletes of God.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

the only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.