Albert Einstein

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."

"The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this."

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"

"The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth."

"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."

"If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism."

"It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom."

"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'"LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64"

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

"Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them."

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."

"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."

"Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam?Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different."

"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."

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

"Man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends."

"Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper."