Albert Einstein Quotes about Wisdom

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Inspirational, Funny, Wisdom

Albert Einstein (2003). “Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the special theory of relativity”, George Braziller

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Inspiring, Wisdom

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Change, Wisdom

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

Albert Einstein

Wisdom, Learning, Knowledge

Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.

Albert Einstein

Life, Death, Wisdom

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.91, Princeton University Press

The important things are always simple.

Albert Einstein

Wisdom, Simple, Important

I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values.

Albert Einstein

Wisdom, Attitude, Believe

Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.53, Broadway Books

The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.

Albert Einstein

Wisdom, Interesting, Facts

If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck

Albert Einstein

Running, Wisdom, Water

All our thoughts and concepts are called up by sense-experiences and have a meaning only in reference to these sense-experiences. On the other hand, however, they are products of the spontaneous activity of our minds; they are thus in no wise logical consequences of the contents of these sense-experiences. If, therefore, we wish to grasp the essence of a complex of abstract notions we must for the one part investigate the mutual relationships between the concepts and the assertions made about them; for the other, we must investigate how they are related to the experiences.

Albert Einstein

Wise, Hope, Wisdom

Yes, we now have to divide up our time like that, between politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.

Albert Einstein

Motivational, Wisdom, Math

"Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists" by Robert Jungk, (p. 249), 1958.

I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Wisdom, Knowledge

"Scientifically speaking: a dictionary of quotations", Volume 1, (p. 154), 2002.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

"János: The Story of a Doctor". Book by János Plesch, 1947.

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.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Funny, Wisdom

Address to Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 27 Jan. 1921

By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.

Albert Einstein

Education, Wisdom, Art

It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.453, Princeton University Press

Albert Einstein Quotes about Wisdom

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