Albert Einstein Quotes

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

• science
• art

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

• reading
• thought

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth.

• kindness
• values
• truth
• beauty

A hundred times a day, I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am receiving.

• duty
• gratitude

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

• simplicity

What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count.

• priorities

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

• happiness
• goals

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

• imagination
• thought

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

• mind
• intelligence
• intellect