Albert Einstein Quotes

Einstein was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany on 14 March 1879 and arrived in New York City on 2 April 1921.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in theoretical physics, and for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

Einstein is best known for his theory on relativity and mass energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc2.

He was also an inventor, and patented an eco-friendly refrigerator that operated without electricity or any moving parts.

Einstein believed science to be derived from examining physical reality in search for underlying truths, and that these truths had to be consistent explanations without contradiction.

In 1999, Time magazine named Einstein as the "Person of the Century". In 2008, Time magazine named the Einstein Refrigerator as among the Best 50 Inventions.

Einstein died in Princeton Hospital on April 18, 1955 from internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an aortic aneuryism. His name is often used as a synonym for "genius".

Below you will find some of the more famous Albert Einstein quotes.





"Information is not knowledge."

"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."


"To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject."

"I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."


"By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action."


"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself."


picture-of-albert-einstein "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."


"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."


"I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that a normal adult never stops to think about problems of space and time. These are things which he has thought about as a child. But my intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had already grown up."





"The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving."

"Only a life lived for others is a life worth while."


"The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to insure the unhindered development of the individual."

"Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions."

"The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax."


picture-of-albert-einstein"The value of achievement lies in the achieving."


"People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results."



"I never allow myself to become discouraged under any circumstances. The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work, second, stick-to-ittiveness, third, common sense."

"The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything."


"When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity."


"Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore."


"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."



"The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder."

"It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure."





"I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas."

"Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure."


"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning."




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