It is not a lack of real affection that scares me away again and again from marriage. Is it a fear of the comfortable life, of nice furniture, of dishonor that I burden myself with, or even the fear of becoming a contented bourgeois. Albert Einstein More Quotes by Albert Einstein More Quotes From Albert Einstein That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. Albert Einstein belief secret inspirational I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values. Albert Einstein wisdom attitude believe If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his life. Albert Einstein mistake education mean A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man. Albert Einstein religious god attitude Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work. Albert Einstein government-bureaucracy bureaucracy sound All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein lasting-change business meaningful The main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego. Albert Einstein ego spiritual men I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime. Albert Einstein land mistake country The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of the human spirit. Albert Einstein vegetarianism compassion animal The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing. Albert Einstein this-life wise life-is Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein creativity reading fall Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach. Albert Einstein leadership education inspirational Experience alone can decide on truth. Albert Einstein truth science lying 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. Without the sense of kinship with men of like mind, without the occupation with the objective world, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific endeavors, life would have seemed to the empty. The trite objects of human efforts — possessions, outward success, luxury—have always seemed to me contemptible. Albert Einstein gratitude cheer beauty More and more I come to value charity and love of one's fellow being above everything else...All our lauded technological progress-our very civilization-is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal. Albert Einstein love civilization hands You cannot love a car the way you love a horse. The horse brings out human feelings the way machines cannot do. Things like machines may develop or neglect certain things in people ... Machines make our life impersonal and stultify certain elements in us and create an impersonal environment. Albert Einstein horse car people Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy. Albert Einstein spiritual inspirational life Stupidity is a personal achievement which transcends national boundaries. Albert Einstein achievement stupidity success Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam? Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different. Albert Einstein drs different years Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper. Albert Einstein dance success life
