It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.-- Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.-- Albert Einstein
Only a monomaniac gets what we commonly refer to as results.-- Albert Einstein
Common sense: The collection of prejudices acquired by age 18.-- Albert Einstein
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.-- Albert Einstein
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.-- Albert Einstein
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.-- Albert Einstein
Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.-- Albert Einstein
What is inconceivable about the universe is that it is at all conceivable.-- Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-- Albert Einstein
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?-- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-- Albert Einstein
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."-- Albert Einstein
Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.-- Albert Einstein
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.-- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.-- Albert Einstein
"To stimulate creativity, one must develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition."-- Albert Einstein
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.-- Albert Einstein
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.-- Albert Einstein
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.-- Albert Einstein
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."-- Albert Einstein
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.-- Albert Einstein
The world that we have made as a result of the level of thinking that we have done so far, has created problems we cannot solve at the level of thinking at which we created them.-- Albert Einstein
If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.-- Albert Einstein
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear and punishment and hope of reward after death.-- Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.-- Albert Einstein
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.-- Albert Camus
"A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years, but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago. You see them as you remember them. But as people live on, they change completely. That is why I think a photograph can be kind."-- Albert Einstein