Quotes By Albert Einstein

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

Certain it is that a conviction, akin to religious feeling, of the rationality or intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a higher order.

But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding

A human being is a part of the whole ... optical delusion of his consciousness.

It is hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that he would choose to play dice with the world ... is something I cannot believe for a single moment.

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit ... we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds.

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

Every serious scientific worker is painfully conscious ... of being relegated to an ever-narrowing sphere of knowledge.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together... perceptible phenomena... through systematic thought.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

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.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.