Albert Einstein

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.

Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Don't become a seeker of success. Become a person of value.

Everything has changed except the way man thinks (when the hydrogen bomb was exploded)

Realising the healthy international relations can be created only among populations made up of individuals who themselves are healthy and enjoy a measure a independence, the United Nations elaborated a Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on December 10, 1948.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty... this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.

Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing. Similarly, physics and psychology are only different attempts to link our experiences together by way of systematic thought.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. (1945)

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

Either CS (coordinate system) could be used with equal justification. The two sentences: the sun is at rest and the earth moves, or the sun moves and the earth is at rest, would simply mean two different conventions concerning two different CS

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.