Selected Quotes By Albert Einstein
"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."
Albert Einstein, Life
"When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
Albert Einstein, Life
"When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again."
Albert Einstein, Love
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."
Albert Einstein, Life
"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
Albert Einstein, Success
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein, Problems, Opportunities
"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
Albert Einstein, Life
"Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work..."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."
Albert Einstein, Music
"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
Albert Einstein, Problems
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"You never fail until you stop trying."
Albert Einstein, Goals
"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy."
Albert Einstein, Life
"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
Albert Einstein, Truth, Life
"It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."
Albert Einstein, Truth
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
Albert Einstein, Life
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Love is a better master than duty."
Albert Einstein, Love
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be."
Albert Einstein, Life
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
Albert Einstein, Life
"Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
Albert Einstein, Truth
"A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
Albert Einstein, Mistakes
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
Albert Einstein, Problems
"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters."
Albert Einstein, Truth
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Never memorize something that you can look up."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
Albert Einstein, Intelligence/Wisdom, Life
"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."
Albert Einstein, Success
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
Albert Einstein, Life
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein, Life
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."