Albert Einstein

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.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

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.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

You never fail until you stop trying.

Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make war can be changed. The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. We need to make vast changes in human behavior.

If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Suppression of progress plays into the hands of the social enemy. Every advance in social justice establishes the nation.

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

I’m slipping. I’m made of departed dreams and a stubborn fog that feels nothing like a veil.

Loving smart means believing in you, your worth and your value.

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

Greatest thing we can produce is character. Everything else can be taken from us, but not our character.

You, and only you, choose how you feel.

We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.

I’m the one that has to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.