Albert Einstein

A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.

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

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

Progress is a new season and the rule of progress is everything in its season.

First we make our habits, then our habits make us.

Forgiveness is just another name for freedom.

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

What a guy, what a fool am I, to think my breaking heart could kid the moon.

In order to succeed you must fail so you know what to do better the next time.

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.

I apologize when I’m wrong.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I’m not saying that’s bad.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

You must demand nothing less than the best of yourself and for yourself. You must tell yourself that it is not wrong to want it all.

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead.