01UndatedYou do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
02UndatedThe state exists for man,not man for the state.The same may be said ofscience. These are old phrases,coined by people who saw in human individuality the highest human value .I would hesitate to repeat them,were it not for the ever recurring danger that they may be forgotten,especially in these days of organization and stereotypes.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
03UndatedWe can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created themAlbert Einstein / quote ↗
04UndatedThe unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our thinking. Thus, we are drifting toward catastrophe beyond conception. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
05UndatedWe shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
07UndatedAll of science is nothing more than the refinement of everyday thinking.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
08UndatedA man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
09UndatedIt is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
10UndatedI fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
11UndatedTrue human progress is based less on the inventive mind than on the conscience of such men as Brandeis.~ Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein / quote ↗
12UndatedWhoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important mattersAlbert Einstein / quote ↗
13UndatedI received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit priest in my life and I am astonished by the audacity to tell such lies about me. From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
14UndatedI prefer to make up my own quotes and attribute them to very smart people, so that I can use them to win argumentsAlbert Einstein / quote ↗
15UndatedThrough the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true. The consequence was a positively fanatic orgy of freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is intentionally being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression. Mistrust of every kind of authority grew out of this experience, a skeptical attitude toward the convictions that were alive in any specific social environment - an attitude that has never again left me.- Albert Einstein, Autobiographical Notes, edited by Paul Arthur SchilppAlbert Einstein / quote ↗
17UndatedThe single most important decision any of us will ever make is whether or not to believe the universe is friendly.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
19UndatedThe prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforcedAlbert Einstein / quote ↗
21UndatedA man's value to the community depends primarily on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
22UndatedNothing truly valuable can be achieved except by the unselfish cooperation of many individuals.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
24UndatedPARAPHRASE: Genius is not that you are smarter than everyone else. It is that you are ready to receive the inspiration.Albert Einstein / quote ↗
