Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein
Mankind’s desire for peace can be realised only by the creation of a world government. Albert Einstein, cited George W Blount, Peace Through World Government p30
Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it. This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientist do, each in his own fashion. Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way the peace and security which he cannot find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience. Albert Einstein, cited Rene Dubos
Mankind’s desire for peace can be realised only by the creation of a world government. Albert Einstein, New York Times 15th September 1945
My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. Albert Einstein, 1920
My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. Albert Einstein
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. Albert Einstein
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. Albert Einstein, attributed
No, I live in that solitude which is painful in youth but delicious in the years of maturity. Albert Einstein
Nothing happens until something moves. Albert Einstein
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. Albert Einstein
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Albert Einstein
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy. Albert Einstein
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. Albert Einstein
One may say, ‘the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.’ Albert Einstein, article ‘Physics & Reality’, attributions & variations inc Kant
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one’s own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought. Albert Einstein
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike – and yet it is the most precious thing we have. Albert Einstein
Only a life lived for others is worth living. Albert Einstein
Overpopulation in various countries has become a serious threat to the health of people and a grave obstacle to any attempt to organize peace on this planet. Albert Einstein
People like you and me, thou mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live ... [we] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born. Albert Einstein
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. Albert Einstein
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein, interview Viereck, 1929
Science can only flourish in an atmosphere of free speech. Albert Einstein, cited Otto Forst de Bettaglia
Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe. Albert Einstein, attributions inc Humphry Davy
Some recent work by E Fermi and L Szilard, which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation which has arisen seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration. Albert Einstein, letter to Franklin Roosevelt 1939
Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else. Albert Einstein
Still, there are moments when one feels free from one’s own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments, one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable: life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only being. Albert Einstein, letter 9th January 1939
The cult of individual personalities is always, in my view, unjustified. To be sure, nature distributes her gifts variously among her children. But there are plenty of the well-endowed ones too, thank God, and I am firmly convinced that most of them live quiet, unregarded lives. Albert Einstein, cited My First Impression of the USA, 1921
The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labour ... I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. Albert Einstein, Why Socialism? 1949
The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. Albert Einstien
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. Albert Einstein
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. Albert Einstein, cited Leo Mattersdorf
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule. Albert Einstein
The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive. Albert Einstein, variations, letter to Beatrice Frohlich, 17 December 1952
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth. Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein, cited Life 2nd May 1955
The individual must not merely wait and criticise, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves. Albert Einstein
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking: We must change our materially based analyses of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives. Albert Einstein, summarised & attributed by Bob Samples, The Metaphoric Mind, 1976
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. Albert Einstein
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Albert Einstein