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.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Once you stop learning, you start dying.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

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

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn.

There is no way to learn except through experience.

Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.

Learning is a lifelong process; it doesn’t end with school.

The pleasure in looking and understanding is nature's most beautiful gift.

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 eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

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

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

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

Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

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

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

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.

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

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

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

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

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake.

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

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

The problem of humanity is not solved by war, but by love and understanding.

Mankind’s desire for peace is stronger than the forces pushing toward destruction.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

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

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

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.

Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the protection of their rights.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

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

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

Each of us places himself endlessly in danger by being alive.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.

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

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

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

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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.

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.

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

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

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

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

Failure is success in progress.

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

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

One should guard against predicting the future, but conditional predictions can be used to assign tasks.

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

Mistakes are not failures unless you stop trying.

Success comes from doing what feels right, even if you fail repeatedly.

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I assure you that mine are greater.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

I failed my exams, but later became a physicist. Persistence beats perfection.

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

Time is what clocks measure.

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.

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

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

Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it.

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

Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the separation between past, present, and future is only an illusion.

Time is relative. So is success, so is beauty, so is happiness.

The faster you go, the slower time moves. That's not just science—it's poetry.

The flow of time is an abstraction, not a reality.

There is no difference between the past and future in the equations of physics.

Where there is love, there is no fear.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

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

A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'Universe'.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures.

No one can win a game of chess by constantly checking the opponent.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not sentimentalism.

Humanity has every reason to place the highest esteem in morality.

The love for all living creatures is the noblest attribute of man.

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

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

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

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

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

God may be subtle, but he isn't malicious.

I play the violin because I love music, not because I’m good at it.

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

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

The only thing that makes me jealous is when someone else plays Mozart better than I do.

I am thankful for all of those who said no. It’s because of them I did it myself.