Quotes from Albert Einstein

Time is not at all what it seems. It does not flow in only one direction, and the future exists simultaneously with the past.

When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter.

One should never impose one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself.

...Intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce something valuable for the community.

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

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder.

Time flies when you are having fun.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own.

Time and space are not conditions of existence, time and space is a model for thinking

Time is an illusion.

I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time.

I learned many years ago never to waste time trying to convince my colleagues.

Formerly, people thought that if matter disappeared from the universe, space and time would remain. Relativity declares that space and time would disappear with matter.

Creativity is the residue of time wasted.

It's very depressing to live in a time where it's easier to break an atom than a prejudice.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Time is just something we invented to make motion seem simple.

Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing.

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had already grown up.

Time does not exist - we invented it

Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it.

The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.

Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.