Quotes from Albert Einstein

Convictions can best be supported with experience and clear thinking.

I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.

No one but a theorist believes his theory; everyone puts faith in a laboratory result but the experimenter himself.

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I'm doing it myself.

I am thankful to all those who said no. It's because of them I did it myself .

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.

Racism is a disease of white people

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

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

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

The only life worth living is a life you are truly and honestly passionate about.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

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 every one, best both for the body and the mind.

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.