Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (superpersonal" entity, in ways that he declared to be inspired by Baruch Spinoza's and Arthur Schopenhauer's ideas. He also asserted that the Jewish scriptures, Jesus, Gautama Buddha and other religious figures were important guides for the ethical advancement of humanity.

Found 216 thoughts of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

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.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

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

Love is a better teacher than duty.

So long as there are men there will be wars.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

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

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

Information is not knowledge.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

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.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.