Albert Einstein

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it’s only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it’s two hours. That’s relativity.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.

You never fail until you stop trying.

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

There is nothing to search for; everything you seek is already within.

You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.

When you get to the top, don’t forget to send the elevator down for the next guy.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

The present method of producing milk is too laborious. I believe that we can make milk by scientific process, eliminating the cow.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

We are always seeking for those things which are in the clouds, not for those that lie at our feet.

I don’t like to read books. They muss up my mind.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

When I was a little girl, I so wanted to be sociable, but I was scared that I wasn’t going to be able to speak a sentence because I had such a bad stammer.

When I’m feeling anxious or depressed, I do find it helps to reach for a pen and paper. There is something about writing things down, that hand-eye combination, that makes me feel calmer.

“I can’t do it” never accomplished anything; “I will try” has performed miracles.

I love life, but not everything in it. I love people, but not all of them. I love myself, but not everything about me.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.