Albert Einstein, 1879 - 1955
1921 portrait by Ferdinand Schmutzer
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- I am convinced that some political and social activities and practices of the Catholic organizations are detrimental and even dangerous for the community as a whole, here and everywhere. I mention here only the fight against birth control at a time when overpopulation in various countries has become a serious threat to the health of people and a grave obstacle to any attempt to organize peace on this planet. permalink
Albert Einstein - I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world. permalink
Albert Einstein - I am not a Jew in the sense that I would demand the preservation of the Jewish or any other nationality as an end in itself. Rather, I see Jewish nationality as a fact and I believe that every Jew must draw the consequences from this fact. permalink
Albert Einstein - Jüdische Rundschau (21 June 1921) - I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. permalink
Albert Einstein - interview with George Sylvester Viereck (January 1931) - I am not only a pacifist, but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace.... Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war? permalink
Albert Einstein - interview with George Sylvester Viereck (January 1931) - I am truly a "lone traveler" and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart. In the face of all this, I have never lost a sense of distance and the need for solitude. permalink
Albert Einstein - The World as I See It (1959) - I am very happy with my new home in friendly America and in the liberal atmosphere of Princeton. permalink
Albert Einstein - quoted in Survey Graphic 24 (August 1935) - I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research. permalink
Albert Einstein - I became more and more convinced that even nature could be understood as a relatively simple mathematical structure. permalink
Albert Einstein - I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research. permalink
Albert Einstein - Cosmic Religion: With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) - 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. permalink
Albert Einstein - Telegram to Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein (24 April 1929) - I believe my theory of relativity to be true. But it will only be proved for certain in 1981, when I am dead. permalink
Albert Einstein - I believe that a simple and unassuming life is good for everybody, physically and mentally. permalink
Albert Einstein - The World as I See It (1959) - I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality. permalink
Albert Einstein - address to the Disarmament Conference of 1932 - I cannot believe that God plays dice with the cosmos. permalink
Albert Einstein
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