Einstein, Albert

"Technological change is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."

"Occam's razor: the simpler explanation is usually the best one."

"The desire to be recognized and appreciated is a legitimate human need."

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."

"It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science."

"The true measure of intelligence is not how much you know, but your capacity to learn."

"A person starts to live when they can live outside themselves."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself and taxes."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"Courage is facing your fears, not the absence of fear."

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

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."

"God is subtle but he is not malicious."

"The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest."

"We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos."

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."

"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."

"The person who makes no mistakes does not try new things."

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

"The laws of physics are the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece."

"The present is theirs; the future, for which I really labored, is mine."

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space."

"Life without playing is life without joy."

"The important thing is to not stop asking questions."

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."

"Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it."