Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

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

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man’s actions.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

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

It may affront the military-minded person to suggest a reqime that does not maintain any military secrets.

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.

So long as they don’t get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

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

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

I want to know God’s thoughts; the rest are details.

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

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

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

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

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

I don’t know, I don’t care, and it doesn’t make any difference!

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

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.

There are two ways to live your life - one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle.