Albert Einstein Quotes

Independent and stubborn natures, such as are particularly common among men of learning, do not readily bow to another's will and for the most part only accept his leadership grudgingly. But when Lorentz is in the presidential chair, an atmosphere of happy cooperation is invariably created, however much those present may differ in their aims and habits of thought. The secret of this success lies not only in his swift comprehension of people and things and his marvelous command of language, but above all in this, that one feels that his whole heart is in the business at hand, and that when he is at work, he has room for nothing else in his mind. Nothing disarms the recalcitrant so much as this.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

I didn't kill that man and if you say I did I'll deny everything.

If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.

The true sign of intelligence is creativity.

We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.

A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

In December, 1947, he made the following statement: "I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my life."

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters

Imagination is the highest form of research.

One cannot alter a condition with the same mind set that created it in the first place.

إنّ الانسان الذي يعتبر حياته وحياة البشر بلا معنى ليس انسانا بائساً وحسب، بل إنّه بالكاد يستحق الحياة .

the only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...

Why is it that no one understands me and everybody likes me