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.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises, the more different things it relates, and the more extended its area of applicability.

It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

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

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.

Failure and deprivation are the best educators and purifiers.

My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

The distinction between past, present and future is only an illusion, however persistent.

A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

Never lose a holy curiosity.