Albert Einstein

I came- though the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents - to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of twelve.

Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.

Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may become injurious for the individual and for the community.

It is the theory which decides what we can observe

During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution human fantasy created gods in man's own image, who, by the operations of their will were supposed to determine, or at any rate to influence, the phenomenal world. Man sought to alter the disposition of these gods in his own favour by means of magic and prayer.

We must begin to inculcate our children against militarism by educating them in the spirit of pacifism. Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal it's horror. I would teach peace rather than war.

Music has no effect on research work, but both are born of the same source and complement each other through the satisfaction they bestow

I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.

It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.

If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.

The problems that exist in this world can not be solved by the level of thinking that created them.

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.

The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.

During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

The horizon of many people is a circle with a radius of zero. They call this their point of view.

Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose_x000D_ _x000D_ he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it._x000D_ _x000D_ But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life_x000D_ _x000D_ that one exists for other people.

Striving for peace and preparing for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time more so than ever.

It is high time the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service.