If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what,... - Albert Einstein

"We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends."

"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."

"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."

"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."

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."