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.
A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.
“Atomic Education Urged by Einstein”, The New York Times (25 May 1946)- “Atom: Einstein, the Man Who Started It All”, Newsweek (10 March 1947)
- Letter to Hans Muehsam (9 July 1951), Einstein Archives 38-408, quoted in The Ultimate Quotable Einstein (2010) by Alice Calaprice, p. 404
- What I Believe (1930)
- Viereck interview (1929)
- The World As I See It (1949)
- Remark during his first visit to Princeton University (April 1921), as quoted in R. W. Clark, Einstein (1973), Ch. 14
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.
Essay to Leo Baeck (1953), Ideas and OpinionsIt is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man.
The Real Problem Is in the Hearts of Men, The New York Times Magazine (June 23, 1946)Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else—unless it is an enemy.
Essay to Leo Baeck (1953), Ideas and OpinionsPerfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age.
“The Common Language of Science”, broadcast (28 September 1941); reprinted in Ideas and Opinions (1954)I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.
Letter to Michele Besso (8 October 1952)I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Out of My Later Years (1950), Ch. 2 “Self-Portrait” (1936), p. 5Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Letter to high school student Barbara Lee Wilson (7 January 1943), Einstein Archives 42-606- First sentence of “Maxwells Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der Auffassung des Physikalisch-Realen”
