Albert Einstein Quotes About Wisdom
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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
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A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
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When the solution is simple, God is answering.
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Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.
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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
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The important things are always simple.
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Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
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All our thoughts and concepts are called up by sense-experiences and have a meaning only in reference to these sense-experiences. On the other hand, however, they are products of the spontaneous activity of our minds; they are thus in no wise logical consequences of the contents of these sense-experiences. If, therefore, we wish to grasp the essence of a complex of abstract notions we must for the one part investigate the mutual relationships between the concepts and the assertions made about them; for the other, we must investigate how they are related to the experiences.
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
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As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
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Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
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The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
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In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
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If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
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A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
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Yes, we now have to divide up our time like that, between politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
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The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
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Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
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Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
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I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.
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Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
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Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
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I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
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Albert Einstein
- Born: March 14, 1879
- Died: April 18, 1955
- Occupation: Theoretical Physicist
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