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

Albert Einstein, “Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium”, 1941 US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this counrty is closely related with this. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest–a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" 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. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" 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. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curious of inquiry. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" He who cherishes the values of culture cannot fail to be a pacifist. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" It is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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

Albert Einstein, (attributed) US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. "

Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1940 US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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