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587 Powerful Albert Einstein Quotes to Inspire You

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About Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany, is one of the most influential scientists in history. He developed the theory of relativity, fundamentally changing the way we understand space, time, and gravity. Despite struggling academically as a child, Einstein’s curiosity and passion for science led him to become a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and a global icon of innovation and intellectual brilliance.

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Here are 587 Powerful quotes by Albert Einstein on various topics to inspire you.

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One strength of the communist system of the East is

1. “One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.”

Albert Einstein

Communism, Religion, East, Emotions, Reflection

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory

2. “There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case.”

Albert Einstein

Theory, Science, Knowledge, Progress, Destiny

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact

3. “Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.”

Albert Einstein

Prediction, Nature, Order, Factors, Complexity

I have just got a new theory of eternity

4. “I have just got a new theory of eternity.”

Albert Einstein

Theory, Eternity, Knowledge, Science, Wonder

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple

5. “Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.”

Albert Einstein

Science, Simplicity, Knowledge, Expression, Understanding

There is no logical way to the discovery of these

6. “There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.”

Albert Einstein

Discovery, Intuition, Logic, Order, Science

I used to go away for weeks in a state

7. “I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.”

Albert Einstein

Confusion, Reflection, Mind, Introspection, Solitude

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely

8. “The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.”

Albert Einstein

Wisdom, Power, Success, Leadership, Reflection

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular

9. “Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?”

Albert Einstein

Popularity, Books, Irony, Reflection, Humor

Human beings must have action; and they will make it

10. “Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.”

Albert Einstein

Action, Humanity, Motivation, Behavior, Drive

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record

11. “You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.”

Albert Einstein

Ideas, Creativity, Simplicity, Reflection, Humor

I do not believe in the God of theology who

12. “I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.”

Albert Einstein

Theology, God, Belief, Good, Evil

It is only to the individual that a soul is

13. “It is only to the individual that a soul is given.”

Albert Einstein

Individuality, Soul, Humanity, Spirit, Philosophy

I very rarely think in words at all A thought

14. “I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.”

Albert Einstein

Thinking, Words, Expression, Reflection, Creativity

The process of scientific discovery is in effect a continual

15. “The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.”

Albert Einstein

Science, Discovery, Wonder, Curiosity, Knowledge

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed

16. “It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.”

Albert Einstein

Mystery, Religion, Fear, Humanity, Belief

All these primary impulses not easily described in words are

17. “All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.”

Albert Einstein

Impulse, Action, Motivation, Humanity, Behavior

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by

18. “It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.”

Albert Einstein

Science, Mind, Insecurity, Nature, Progress

To the Master's honor all must turn each in its

19. “To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground.”

Albert Einstein

Physics, Newton, Science, Respect, Order

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers

20. “Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.”

Albert Einstein

Society, Stereotypes, America, Judgment, Perspective

Small is the number of people who see with their

21. “Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.”

Albert Einstein

Perception, Thinking, Insight, Awareness, Individuality

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the

22. “I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.”

Albert Einstein

God, Faith, Frailty, Humanity, Belief

Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see

23. “Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.”

Albert Einstein

Music, Beauty, Universe, Mozart, Reflection

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher

24. “There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.”

Albert Einstein

Knowledge, Wisdom, Mind, Intuition, Mystery

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip

25. “The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.”

Albert Einstein

Perdition, Ideals, Society, Integrity, Critique

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and

26. “Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.”

Albert Einstein

Law, Government, Respect, Enforcement, Society

The man of science is a poor philosopher

27. “The man of science is a poor philosopher.”

Albert Einstein

Science, Philosophy, Knowledge, Reflection, Wisdom

God always takes the simplest way

28. “God always takes the simplest way.”

Albert Einstein

Simplicity, God, Wisdom, Belief, Philosophy

The release of atomic energy has not created a new

29. “The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.”

Albert Einstein

Atomic Energy, Problem, Urgency, Science, Responsibility

God may be subtle but he isn't plain mean

30. “God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.”

Albert Einstein

God, Subtlety, Belief, Wisdom, Faith