Einstein’s Quotes on Science
- Science without religion is blind, and religion without science is lame.
- Intuitive thinking is a sacred gift, while rational thinking is a faithful servant.
- Science is merely an organization of our everyday thinking.
- Science is wonderful, provided you are not making a living from it.
- Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one learned in school.
- Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- It has become frighteningly obvious that technology has surpassed humanity.
- Culture is what remains after you forget everything you learned in school.
- It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
- You must learn the rules of the game, and then you have to play better than others.
- The most beautiful experience is the mysterious; it is the source of all art and science.
Einstein’s Quotes on Success
- There are two infinite things, the universe and human stupidity.
- The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
- A great spirit faces opposition from mediocre minds.
- The closer the laws come to reality, the less certain they become, and the more certain they are, the more unrealistic they become.
- Truth is what withstands the test of experience.
- Look deeply into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
- It is not that I am so smart, it is just that I stay with problems longer.
- You need to learn the rules of the game first, and then you must learn how to play better than others.
- If you can’t explain your idea to a six-year-old, you haven’t understood it yourself.
- Don’t strive for success; strive for value.
- The world is a dangerous place not because of the evil people but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.
- There will come a time when the mind will achieve a high level of knowledge but will never be able to prove how it got there.
- A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
- Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow; the important thing is not to stop questioning.
Einstein’s Quotes on Life
- Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
- Everything is determined, the beginning and the end as well, by forces over which we have no control, from the insects to the stars, human beings to the cosmic dust; we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in silence.
- Never lose a holy curiosity.
- It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
- Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- I love humanity, but I hate people.
- There are two ways to live your life: you can live as if nothing is a miracle, or you can live as if everything is a miracle.
- One of the most incomprehensible things about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
- I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
- Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
- Never do anything against your conscience, even if the state demands it.
- Life is not worth living unless it is lived for someone else.
- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- A man starts to live when he can live outside himself.
- There are two ways to live: either you live and see everything as a miracle, or you live and see nothing as a miracle.
- God created the universe according to laws that do not recognize chance or randomness.
- How I wish there were a little corner of the universe for those who are wise and have good intentions.
Einstein’s Quotes on Thinking
- We cannot solve our problems using the same thinking we used when we created them.
- It is not that I am smarter; I just stay with problems longer.
- It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
- The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
- The only source of knowledge is experience.
- If we knew what we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
- Everything that is valued in human society depends on the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
- The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
- If a person has never made a mistake, they have never tried anything new.
- I don’t know what weapons will be used in World War III, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
- Logic will get you from A to B; imagination will take you everywhere.
- There will come a time when the mind will elevate to a high level of knowledge, but it will never be able to prove how it got there.
- Thinkers solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
- The world spends all of its time assessing the yes and no of what others have thought, while it itself does not think.
- The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
- If your facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.
- Any fool can make things bigger and more complex; it takes a touch of genius to move in the opposite direction.
- It is not that I am a genius; it is just that I struggle with problems longer.
- We cannot solve a problem by using the same mindset that created it.
- The most valuable thing in the world is intuition, or that bright idea.
- Between past, present, and future, there is only an illusion in the human mind.
- The most important thing is not to stop questioning.