Albert Einstein

Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.

Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.

With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

I have reached an age when if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

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

I am almost ashamed to be living in such peace while all the rest struggle and suffer.

I am almost ashamed to be living in such peace while all the rest struggle and suffer.

He called the patent office 'that worldly cloister where I hatched my most beautiful ideas'.

He called the patent office 'that worldly cloister where I hatched my most beautiful ideas'.

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do-but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do-but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

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.