“I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality. . . .”
—Albert Einstein .
“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.”
—Albert Einstein
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
—Albert Einstein
“Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.”
—Albert Einstein
“The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
—Albert Einstein
“The most important endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity for life.”
—Albert Einstein
“Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are still greater.”
—Albert Einstein
“The search for truth and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man—though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.”
—Albert Einstein
“I admit that thoughts influence the body.”
—Albert Einstein
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.”
—Albert Einstein
“The more a country makes military weapons, the more insecure it becomes: if you have weapons, you become a target for attack.”
—Albert Einstein
“Morality is the highest importance—but for us, not for God.”
—Albert Einstein
“A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer lives are based on the labors of other people, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
—Albert Einstein
“I cannot write in English, because of the treacherous spelling. When I am reading, I only hear it and am unable to remember what the written word looks like.”
—Albert Einstein
“I would absolutely refuse any direct or indirect war service and would try to persuade my friends to do the same, regardless of the reasons for the cause of a war.”
—Albert Einstein
“I do not play games. . . . There is not time for it. When I get through with work, I don’t want anything that requires the working of the mind.”
—Albert Einstein
“Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.”
—Albert Einstein
“The Press, which is mostly controlled by vested interests, has an excessive influence on public opinion.”
—Albert Einstein
“Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect.”
