Great sayings by Albert Einstein

5 Sep 2009

• Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former

• In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

• Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

• Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

• I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

• Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

• If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

• True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

• Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

• Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

• Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

• Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

• Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

• Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

• The only source of knowledge is experience.

• I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

• The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

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

• No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

• Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

• 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

• It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

• It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

• The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

• It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

• I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

• Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

• A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

• If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

• Imagination is more important than knowledge.

• The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

• I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

• A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

• I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

• Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

• The environment is everything that isn't me.

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

• If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

• I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

• Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.

• A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.