If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.When I examin… - Albert Einstein

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

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

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world.

Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.

My passionate interest in social justice and social responsibility has always stood in curious contrast to a marked lack of desire for direct association with men and women. I am a horse for single harness, not cut out for tandem or team work. I have never belonged wholeheartedly to country or state, to my circle of friends, or even to my own family. These ties have always been accompanied by a vague aloofness, and the wish to withdraw into myself increases with the years. Such isolation is sometimes bitter, but I do not regret being cut off from the understanding and sympathy of other men. I lose something by it, to be sure, but I am compensated for it in being rendered independent of the customs, opinions, and prejudices of others, and am not tempted to rest my peace of mind upon such shifting foundations.