35 Awesome Quotes from Einstein

Every innovation workshop I’ve facilitated has included a poster of Albert Einstein.

Somehow, Einstein’s smiling countenance inspires everyone in the room — no matter what their social style, gender, or title.

The only thing I find more fascinating than this is the incredible amount of powerful quotes he left behind.

1. « The only real valuable thing is intuition. »

2. « Imagination is more important than knowledge. »

3. « The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. »

4. « Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. »

5. « The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. »

6. « The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. »

7. « Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. »

8. « The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. »

9. « Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. »

10. « No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. »

11. « The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. »

12. « Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. »

13. « Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe. »

14. « Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. »

15. « When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That’s relativity. »

16. « If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts. »

17. « What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. »

18. « A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. »

19. « A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? »

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

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

22. « Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. »

23. « Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. »

24. « Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. »

25. « I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. »

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

27. « I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. »

28. « The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive. »

29. « Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. »

30. « We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. »

31. « You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one. »

32. « If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. »

33. « It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. »

34. « Not everything that counts can be counted; and not everything that can be counted counts. »

35. « There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. »