Quotes from Albert Einstein

The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.

We sleep 1/3 of our lives away.

I don't pretend to understand the universe — it's much bigger than I am.

One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.

I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.

La vie c'est comme la bicyclette : quand on arrête de pédaler on tombe.

Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.

Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.

Creativity is the residue of time wasted.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all, be a sheep.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.

The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against traditional religion as the opium of the masses—cannot hear the music of the spheres.

Why is it that no one understands me and everybody likes me

But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy.

Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.

Once a day allow yourself the freedom to dream...

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