Albert Einstein Quotes

“Man has an intense desire for assured knowledge.”

“The economists will have to revise their theories of value.”

“If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker.”

“Physics is an attempt conceptually to grasp reality as something that is considered to be independent of its being observed. In this sense one speaks of physical reality.”

“Almost all the other fellows do not look from the facts to the theory but from the theory to the facts; they cannot get out of the network of already accepted concepts; instead, comically, they only wriggle about inside.”

“One always likes to do the things for which one has ability.”

“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.”

“You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.”

“I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality.”

“There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.”

“What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary.”

“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.”

“I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.”

“When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.”

“The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.”

“Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18.”

“A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all of mu mistakes.”

“Everyone knew it was impossible, until a fool who didn't know came along and did it.”

“We can invent as many theories we like, and any one of them can be made to fit the facts. But that theory is always preferred which makes the fewest number of assumptions.”

“Knowledge is limited.”

“One should respect an honest person even if he expresses opinions differing from one's own.”

“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.”

“The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!”

“The scientist is activated by a wonder and awe before the mysterious comprehensibility of the universe which is yet finally beyond his grasp. In its profoundest depths it is inaccessible to man.”

“That's my mathematician who examines problems which I put before him and checks their validity. You see, I am not myself a good mathematician.”