Albert Einstein

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

“The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.”

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”

“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”

“True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.”

“You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.”

“It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.”

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.”

“The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.”

“There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.”

“Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.”

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.”

“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.”

“It is only to the individual that a soul is given.”

“Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.”

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

“Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”

“The only real valuable thing is intuition.”

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”