Albert Einstein

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.

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.

Play is the highest form of research.

Never memorize something that you can look up.

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

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

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

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

I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.

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.

A society's competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity.

Reading, after a certain age, 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.

Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.

It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.

Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.

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.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.