Albert Einstein

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

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

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Solitude is painful when one is young but delightful when one is more mature.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe forms my idea of God.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.