100+ Famous Albert Einstein Quotes That Inspire Genius Thinking

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

To stimulate creativity, one must develop childlike inclination for play.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract thinking.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.

Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

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

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Curiosity always comes with a price, but it’s worth every penny.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

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

God does not play dice with the universe.

The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be.

The aim of science is to establish a connection between sense experiences and concepts.

All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.

Scientific research is based on the idea that everything is connected.

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Morality is of the highest importance—but for us, not for God.

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

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

Where there is love, there is no question of rules.

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions.

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation.

True love stems from mutual respect, not dependency.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness, to your opponent tolerance, to your friend your heart.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

The most precious things in life are not things. They’re people, moments, and love.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Knowledge is power, but imagination is stronger.

Teach the student how to think, not what to think.

The value of education is not just in facts, but in fostering independent thought.

School failed me, and I failed the school. It bored me.

It is the function of education to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.

The goal of education should be to create individuals who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

Memory is not as important as understanding.

An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, but how well you can think beyond it.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

Time is an illusion.

The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Time may change me, but I can't trace time.

The past, present, and future exist simultaneously.

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

There is no difference between the past and future; both are determined.

The flow of time is an illusion created by our perception.

Time is relative, so is space, so is gravity, so is reality.

The human mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness, but the desire to do so is implanted in man.

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

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

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

The secret to peace is not in treaties, but in the hearts of men.

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

As long as there shall exist what is called nations, war is inevitable.

The development of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

The pacifist's method is not to oppose war by violent means, but to oppose war by refusing to participate.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Failure is success in progress.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

Success comes from asking the right questions, not knowing all the answers.

Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

There are two ways to live: one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.