Albert Einstein Quotes

God may be subtle,

but he isn't plain mean.

That deep emotional conviction of

the presence of a superior reasoning power,

which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe,

forms my idea of God.

It was the experience of mystery

even if mixed with fear

that engendered religion.

Occurrences in this domain are beyond

the reach of exact prediction

because of the variety of factors in operation,

not because of any lack of order in nature.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books

should be such a popular fellow?

I love to travel,

but hate to arrive.

Human beings must have action;

and they will make it if they cannot find it.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science

that by acting on the human mind

it has overcome man's insecurity

before himself and before nature.

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than

that it should point the way to a more

comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case.

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple,

and may, as a rule,

be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

There comes a time

when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge

but can never prove how it got there.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers.

This is a cruel libel,

even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

I want to go when I want.

It is tasteless to prolong life artificially.

I have done my share;

it is time to go.

I will do it elegantly.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes

the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

True art is characterized

by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

The faster you go,

the shorter you are.

The process of scientific discovery is,

in effect,

a continual flight from wonder.

My religion consists of a humble admiration

of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself

in the slight details we are able to perceive with

our frail and feeble mind.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power

has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.