Albert Einstein

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

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

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

 Albert Einstein, in  Law and Politics

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

 Albert Einstein, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

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

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion

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

 Albert Einstein, in  Success and Failure

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

 Albert Einstein, in  Science and Religion