Albert Einstein Quotes

To raise new questions, new possibilities,

to regard old problems from a new angle,

requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity

in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door

directly to what should be.

Few are those who see with their own eyes

and feel with their own hearts.

True religion is real living;

living with all one's soul,

with all one's goodness and righteousness.

Reading, after a certain age,

diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits.

Any man who reads too much

and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

The most incomprehensible thing

about the world is that it is comprehensible.

I do not believe that civilization

will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb.

Perhaps two thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas.

I've only ever had one.

Small is the number of people

who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

It should be possible to explain

the laws of physics to a barmaid.

Solitude is painful when one is young,

but delightful when one is more mature.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality,

they are not certain,

and as far as they are certain,

they do not refer to reality.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep,

one must above all be a sheep oneself.

I believe that a simple

and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone,

best both for the body and the mind.

As far as I'm concerned,

I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

Sometimes one pays

most for the things one gets for nothing.

I want to know all Gods thoughts;

all the rest are just details.