Albert Einstein

It is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions.

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.

The beauty of it is that we have to content ourselves with the recognition of the miracle, beyond which there is no legitimate way out.

I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.

It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding to it. The individual feels the nothingness of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in Nature and in the world of though. He looks upon individual existence as a sort of prison and wants to experience the universe as a single significant whole.

One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

Don't be too hard on me. Everyone has to sacrifice at the altar of stupidity from time to time.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

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.

Imagination is everything. _x000D_ It is the preview of life's coming attractions. _x000D_ Imagination is more important than knowledge. _x000D_ Never give up on what you really want to do. _x000D_ The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

The last thing to collapse is the surface.

Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.

God has given me a mule-like stubbornness to stick with a difficult problem and the intuitive powers to conceptualize complex hypothetical situations in my mind.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

The faster you go, the shorter you are.

We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility.