Quotes by Albert Einstein

Reading after a certain (time) diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

The environment is everything that isnt me.

I think and think for months for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

I cant believe that God plays dice with the universe.

The deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe forms my idea of God.

God is clever but not dishonest.

If my theory of relativity is proven successful Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.

Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men living and dead and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Most people go on living their everyday life: frightened half indifferent they behold the ghostly tragi-comedy that has been performed on the international stage before the eyes and ears of the world.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has of course powerful muscles but no personality.

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

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

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and its longer than any hour. Thats relativity.

The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who dont do anything about it.

Only two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity and Im not sure about the former.

As far as the laws of Mathematics refer to reality they are not certain and as far as they are certain they do not refer to reality.