Quotes by Albert Einstein

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut”

“Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.”

“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”

“Time is an illusion.”

“Creativity is the residue of time wasted.”

“Time is an illusion”

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

“I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil.”

“The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.”

“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.”

“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”

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

“No, this trick wont work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? ”

“Imagination is more important than Knowledge.......”

“If you only do what you can do, you can never be more than what you are now.”