Quotes by Albert Einstein

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

In the middle of every difficulty lies an opportunity.

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.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

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

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.