Albert Einstein

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

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

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.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

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

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

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.

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

The faster you go, the shorter you are.

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

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

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

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

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

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.