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Albert Einstein Quotes: 141

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
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.
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.
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Love is a better teacher than duty.
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
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.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
The important thing is to not 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.—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'"LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
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.
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
You never fail until you stop trying.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
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.
The World As I See It
It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
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.
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
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.
Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.
When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.
What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity