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Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.

Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.

Albert Einstein
Memorable, Giving, Substance
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.457, Princeton University Press

I do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense... Schopenhauer’s saying, ‘A man can do what he wants, but not will what he wants,’ has been a very real inspiration to me since my youth; it has been a continual consolation in the face of life’s hardships, my own and others’, and an unfailing wellspring of tolerance. This realization mercifully mitigates the easily paralyzing sense of responsibility and prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seriously; it is conducive to a view of life which, in part, gives humour its due.

Albert Einstein
Real, Believe, Philosophical

I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple

Albert Einstein
Beautiful, Nature, Science

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

Albert Einstein
Love, Inspirational, Life
Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.14, St. Martin's Press

Show me a satisfied man, and I'll show you a failure.

Albert Einstein
Failure, Men, Infinite Intelligence

One can't teach a cat not to catch birds

Albert Einstein
Cat, Bird, Teach

It is not a lack of real affection that scares me away again and again from marriage. Is it a fear of the comfortable life, of nice furniture, of dishonor that I burden myself with, or even the fear of becoming a contented bourgeois.

Albert Einstein
Real, Nice, Scare
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.441, Princeton University Press

From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other.

Albert Einstein
Purpose, Sake, Daily Life

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Albert Einstein
Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

The only source of knowledge is experience.

Albert Einstein
Love, Life, God

The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.

Albert Einstein
Tragedy, Illusion, Existence

Nationalism, on my opinion, is nothing more than an idealistic rationalization for militarism and aggression.

Albert Einstein
Opinion, Aggression, Militarism
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.294, Princeton University Press

Time is just something we invented to make motion seem simple.

Albert Einstein
Simple, Seems

Great spirits often meet violent oppisition with mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein
Mind, Spirit, Violent

Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.

Albert Einstein
War, Fighting, Men

One should never impose one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself.

Albert Einstein
Creativity, Views, Creative Solutions

The most beautiful experience in the world is the experience of the mysterious.

Albert Einstein
Beautiful, World, Mysterious

I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful." He further added: "No man can read the gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life...Theseus and other heroes of his type lack the authentic vitality of Jesus.

Albert Einstein
Jesus, Hero, Men

I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.

Albert Einstein
Inspirational, Life, Thinking

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Albert Einstein
Inspirational, Education, Learning

I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings.

Albert Einstein
Life, Success, God

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

Albert Einstein
Happiness, Future, Memorable
Albert Einstein, Anna Beck, Peter Havas (1987). “The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: The early years, 1879-1902”, p.15, Princeton University Press

I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.

Albert Einstein
Life, Success, God
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.56, Princeton University Press

I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death, or blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him I would be a liar.

Albert Einstein
Liars, Would Be, Speak
Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.42, St. Martin's Press

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Albert Einstein
Love, Inspirational, Life

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