Quotes by Albert Einstein

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

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

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.