Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Quotes

• The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.

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

• At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice.

• The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

• If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

• Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

• Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... it takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

• Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

• Never underestimate your own ignorance.

• When all think alike, no one thinks very much.

• Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most People are even incapable of forming such opinions.

• The tragedy of life is what dies in the hearts and souls of people while they live.

• There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.

• My sense of God is my sense of wonder about the Universe.

• Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

• Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

• Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.

• I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.

• Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

• Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.