Albert Einstein

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all read more

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all read more

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. read more

A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."