Albert Einstein Quotes

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

I want to know God's thoughts - the rest are mere details.

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

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike — and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

Information is not knowledge.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.

If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.

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

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.

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