Albert Einstein

“Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”

“I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but...”

“The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.”

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

“In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous.”

“From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other - above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness...”

“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness. Imperial Hotel note paper, Tokyo Japan, 1922”

“Learn to be happy through the good fortunes and joys of your friends and not through senseless quarrels. If you allow these natural feelings to blossom within you, your every burden will see...”

“Man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.”

“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”

“Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.”

“I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.”

“Imagination is the highest form of research.”

“Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt.”

“If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.”

“Your question is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question I can answer simply with yes or no. I am not an Atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a Pantheist. The probl...”

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand...”

“It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have...”

“A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be re...”

“The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's image; so that there can be no church whose c...”