The state was made for man, not man for state. Albert Einstein More Quotes by Albert Einstein More Quotes From Albert Einstein Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life. Albert Einstein good-persondreamgiving 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 beliefsecretinspirational 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 wisdomattitudebelieve 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 mistakeeducationmean 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 religiousgodattitude Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work. Albert Einstein government-bureaucracybureaucracysound 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-changebusinessmeaningful The main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego. Albert Einstein egospiritualmen 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 landmistakecountry 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 vegetarianismcompassionanimal The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing. Albert Einstein this-lifewiselife-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 creativityreadingfall Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach. Albert Einstein leadershipeducationinspirational Experience alone can decide on truth. Albert Einstein truthsciencelying 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 gratitudecheerbeauty 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 lovecivilizationhands 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 horsecarpeople Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy. Albert Einstein spiritualinspirationallife Stupidity is a personal achievement which transcends national boundaries. Albert Einstein achievementstupiditysuccess 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 drsdifferentyears
