Einstein, Albert

Physicist-Philosopher German-American 1879 – 1955

Developed relativity and reflected on nature and knowledge.

385 quotes

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
Change
"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
Solitude
"What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate."
Philosophy
"The goal is not to arrive, but to know the journey."
Adventure
"To understand the big picture, you have to understand the small details."
Knowledge
"The years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, the alternations of confidence and exhaustion and final emergence into light."
Perseverance
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
Wisdom
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
Courage
"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
Life
"The current fashion in physics may have overlooked simple truths of great profundity."
Science
"We are all like the moon. We have a dark side that we show no one."
Nature
"It occurred to me that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can."
Gratitude
"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters."
Truth
"Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion."
"The only thing that should be taught is how to think, not what to think."
Education
"In my experience the best way to teach is still by way of example."
Leadership
"The conflicts between science and religion arise from ignorance about each of them."
Philosophy
"What matters most is the imagination, spirit, and wisdom to create and sustain a vision."
"The fact that human nature tends to view everything as a personal challenge arises only from our selfishness."
Philosophy
"The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
"Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are still greater."
Humor
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking at which they were created."
Wisdom
"It is the duty of every man to see that his influence is on the side of success and well-being of his fellow men."
Kindness
"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
Wisdom
"What is this frog doing in physics class? What indeed."
Humor