Quotes from Albert Einstein

a person who never make a mistake, never tried anything new.

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.

It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

True religion is real living living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself in the little that we, with our weak and transitory understanding, can comprehend of reality. Morality is of the highest importance — but for us, not for God.

Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust — we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.