Quotes from Albert Einstein

That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has only been given his big brain by mistake; a backbone was all he needed.

A model should be as simple as it can be but no simpler

Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis

Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people.

God casts the die, not the dice.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

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

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Never memorize something that you can look up.

Science is the century-old endeavor to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as possible.

Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could b

Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as possible. To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of exis

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That is an electron has spin, location and so forth even when it is not being measured. I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.

But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain.

Your imagination is your preview of lifes coming attractions.

Everything has changed, except our way of thinking.

It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.

If we have the courage to decide ourselves for peace we will have peace.

I want to be cremated so people won't come to worship at my bones.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.