Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
~ Albert Einstein
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
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.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.
He who joyfully marches to music 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.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
I have just got a new theory of eternity.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
Force always attracts men of low morality.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.
God does not play dice.
I want to know all Gods thoughts all the rest are just details.
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
