Albert Einstein

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

Before God we are all equally wise -- and equally foolish.

 Albert Einstein, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

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

 Albert Einstein, in  Altruism and Cynicism

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

 Albert Einstein, in  Work and Recreation

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion and  Success and Failure

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

 Albert Einstein, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

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

 Albert Einstein, in  War and Peace

I never think of the future -- it will come soon enough.

 Albert Einstein, in  Life and Death

I want to know the thoughts of God. Everything else is just details.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

 Albert Einstein, in  Vice and Virtue

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion and  Wisdom and Ignorance

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

 Albert Einstein, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.

 Albert Einstein, in  Altruism and Cynicism and  Success and Failure

Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity.

 Albert Einstein, in  War and Peace

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

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.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

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

 Albert Einstein, in  Life and Death

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

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion