Albert Einstein Quotes about Fate

It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular

It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.

Albert Einstein

Character, Fate, Science

Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.35, Open Road Media

It is my fate to be considered an authority, since I spent my youth rebelling against it.

Albert Einstein

Fate, Youth, Authority

Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.

Albert Einstein

Fate, Destiny, Men

Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.10, Open Road Media

Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing the whys and the wherefore. In our daily lives we only feel that man is here for the sake of others, for those whom we love and for many other beings whose fate is connected with our own. I am often worried at the thought that my life is based to such a large extent on the work of my fellow human beings and I am aware of my great indebtedness to them.

Albert Einstein

Fate, Men, Knowing

"My Credo". Speech to the German League of Human Rights, Berlin (Autumn 1932); as published in "Einstein: A Life in Science" by Michael White and John Gribbin, 1994.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Leadership, Fate

Albert Einstein (2002). “Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's letters to and from children”

I do know that kind fate allowed me to find a couple of nice ideas after many years of feverish labor.

Albert Einstein

Couple, Nice, Fate

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.7, Princeton University Press

The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves.

Albert Einstein

Fate, Waiting, Individuality

I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind... to Rabbi Herbert Goldstein (1929)

Albert Einstein

Believe, Fate, World

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.325, Princeton University Press

Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors, concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods-in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

Albert Einstein

Science, Fate, Blessing