The scientist is activated by a wonder and awe before the mysterious comprehensibility of the universe which is yet finally beyond his grasp. In its profoundest depths it is inaccessible to man. Albert Einstein More Quotes by Albert Einstein More Quotes From Albert Einstein There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only reality. Albert Einstein fields matter reality Never underestimate your own ignorance. Albert Einstein underestimate ignorance business Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. Albert Einstein shapes bravery courage A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of others. Albert Einstein academic-life mistake memorable I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking Albert Einstein spiritual wise inspirational Imagination is more powerful than knowledge. Albert Einstein powerful imagination A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future. Albert Einstein future memorable happiness We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. Albert Einstein god love life You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece. Albert Einstein lines color want If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery. Albert Einstein pain taken fear If you can't explain what you are doing to a nine-year-old, then either you still don't understand it very well, or it's not all that worthwile in the first place. Albert Einstein nine years firsts Matter is real to my senses, but they aren't trustworthy. If Galileo or Copernicus had accepted what they saw, they would never have discovered the movement of the earth and planets. Albert Einstein movement real earth But love brings much happiness - much more so than pining brings pain. Albert Einstein pain happiness love My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment. Albert Einstein punishment law ideas An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. Albert Einstein inspirational love life I have yet to meet a single person from our culture, no matter what his or her educational background, IQ, and specific training, who had powerful transpersonal experiences and continues to subscribe to the materialistic monism of Western science. Albert Einstein educational powerful science Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein beauty inspirational life the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages. Albert Einstein selfish religious reflection We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. Albert Einstein environment nature imagination Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution. Albert Einstein strong attitude character
