Favourite Quotations of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) was a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century and is best known for his famous equation, which has been dubbed as ‘the world’s most famous equation’ – “ E = mc² ”

Einstein on Life

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

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

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, Fate made me an authority myself.

You never fail until you stop trying.

Einstein On Imagination

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.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Logic can take you from point A to point B. Imagination can take you wherever you want.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.

On Intelligence

Thinking is hard work; that’s why so few do it.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. 

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Sources – Readers Digest, Goodreads  and Attributed
Science Religion and Philosophy

Oxford Scientific Quotations

Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense- experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought.

Man has an intense desire for assured knowledge.

Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

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Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

What I'm really interested in is whether God  could have made the world in a different way; that is, whether the simplicity of logical necessity leaves any freedom at all.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

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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.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

"If only I would have known …  I would have become a watchmaker".

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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born physicist renowned for developing the theories of relativity, which revolutionized our understanding of space, time, and gravity. He is best known for the mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc² , which has become one of the most famous equations in physics.

Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect, which was pivotal in establishing quantum theory. Throughout his life, he made significant contributions to theoretical physics and became a prominent public figure, advocating for civil rights and pacifism. 

He passed away in Princeton, New Jersey, leaving behind a legacy that continues to influence science and culture today. 

– Encyclopedia Britannica