Quotes from Albert Einstein

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.

The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.

If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck

If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.

I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.

It almost seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.

The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.

Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.

Force always attracts men of low morality.

The value of a man resides in what he gives

Racism is America's greatest disease, racism is a disease of the white man.

The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is not a problem of physics but of ethics. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves

A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them-these are the best guides for man.

It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend only a little of this mystery every day.

Before God we are relatively all equally wise — equally foolish.

Women always worry about things that men forget; men always worry about things women remember.

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not.

Since 99.362% of women love mustache rides, it seems only a fool would have a bare upper lip.