Quote

Mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose.

Albert Einstein

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Albert Einstein
Age: 76 †
Born: 1879
Born: March 14
Died: 1955
Died: April 18
Inventor
Mathematician
Non-Fiction Writer
Patent Examiner
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Philosopher Of Science
Physicist
Professor
Science Writer
Ulm alb-Donau
Einstein
A. Einstein
Thinking
Reveal
Mere
Highest
Purpose
Cannot

More quotes by Albert Einstein

Image
At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct.
Albert Einstein
Image
Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets.
Albert Einstein
Image
It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.
Albert Einstein
Image
It is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.
Albert Einstein
Image
So I am living without fats, without meat, without fish, but am feeling quite well this way. It always seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.
Albert Einstein
Image
No scientist thinks in formulae.
Albert Einstein
Image
I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care for money. Decorations, titles or distinctions mean nothing to me. I do not crave praise. The only thing that gives me pleasure, apart from my work, my violin and my sailboat, is the appreciation of my fellow workers.
Albert Einstein
Image
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
Image
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein
Image
The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.
Albert Einstein
Image
The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.
Albert Einstein
Image
Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind.
Albert Einstein
Image
The scientist is activated by a wonder and awe before the mysterious comprehensibility of the universe which is yet finally beyond his grasp. In its profoundest depths it is inaccessible to man.
Albert Einstein
Image
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous
Albert Einstein
Image
In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell.
Albert Einstein
Image
We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.
Albert Einstein
Image
The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.
Albert Einstein
Image
A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.
Albert Einstein
Image
The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. (1945)
Albert Einstein
Image
Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before the eyes and ears of the world.
Albert Einstein