Albert Einstein1879–1955The quotations of
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist
1879–1955
95 quotes, most often on Science, God and War & Peace. Part of the Scientists collection.
- Out of My Later Years (1950), Ch. 51 “The Goal of Human Existence” (1943)
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Letter to Besso’s family (March 1955) following the death of Michele Besso, as quoted in Disturbing the Universe (1979) by Freeman Dyson Ch. 17 “A Distant Mirror”, p. 193- The Menace of Mass Destruction
- Statement on the occasion of Gandhi’s 70th birthday (1939) Einstein archive 32-601, published in Out of My Later Years (1950).
- Mein Weltbild (My World-view) (1931)
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don’t have in my mouth.
- Letter to Paul Ehrenfest, early December 1914. Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Vol. 8, Doc. 39. Quoted in The New Quotable Einstein by Alice Calaprice (2005), p. 3
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
- From “Atomic Education Urged by Einstein”, New York Times (25 May 1946), and later quoted in the article “The Real Problem is in the Hearts of Man” by Michael Amrine, from the New York Times Magazine (23 June 1946)
