Albert Einstein Quotes

Scientists investigate that which already is; engineers create that which has never been.

The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society.

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

The state was made for man, not man for state.

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

the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages.

A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket — to hold all of mu mistakes.

If the answer is simple, God is speaking.

I cannot conceive of a great scientist without this profound faith: Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people — first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy.

Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.

Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by a wish addressed to a Supernatural Being.

- Albert Einstein, 1936, responding to a child who wrote and asked if scientists pray; quoted in: Albert Einstein: The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas & Banesh Hoffmann

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.