--- {"type":"list","title":"30 Great Einstein Quotes","listId":2645,"canonicalUrl":"https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes","visibleItemTotal":30,"creator":{"id":"scottc","name":"Scott Clement","url":"https://listium.com/@scottc"},"stats":{"views":1254,"likes":7},"category":"science / physics","publishedAt":"2016-04-12T01:19:53.598Z","updatedAt":"2016-04-12T01:19:53.598Z","fields":[{"id":0,"name":"Quote","type":"PrimaryText"},{"id":1,"name":"My Rating","type":"Symbols","format":"star_rating"}]} --- # 30 Great Einstein Quotes By [Scott Clement (@scottc)](https://listium.com/@scottc) 1254 views · 7 likes Published 12 April 2016 · Updated 12 April 2016 Category: science / physics Here's a list of my favourite quotes by the great scientist, Einstein ## Items ### 1. [Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/0/imagination-is-more-important-than-knowledge-for-knowledge-is-limited-whereas-imagination-embraces-the-entire-world-stimulating-progress-giving-birth-to-evolution) Item ID: `0` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 2. [I, at any rate, am convinced that He (God) does not throw dice.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/1/i-at-any-rate-am-convinced-that-he-god-does-not-throw-dice) Item ID: `1` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 3. [The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own reason for existing.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/2/the-important-thing-is-not-to-stop-questioning-curiosity-has-its-own-reason-for-existing) Item ID: `2` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 4. [Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/3/science-without-religion-is-lame-religion-without-science-is-blind) Item ID: `3` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 5. [Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/4/two-things-are-infinite-the-universe-and-human-stupidity-and-im-not-sure-about-the-universe) Item ID: `4` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 6. [Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do Ñ but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/5/falling-in-love-is-not-at-all-the-most-stupid-thing-that-people-do--but-gravitation-cannot-be-held-responsible-for-it) Item ID: `5` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 7. [The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/6/the-most-beautiful-experience-we-can-have-is-the-mysterious-it-is-the-fundamental-emotion-that-stands-at-the-cradle-of-true-art-and-true-science) Item ID: `6` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 8. [Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/7/anyone-who-has-never-made-a-mistake-has-never-tried-anything-new) Item ID: `7` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 9. [Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/8/try-not-to-become-a-man-of-success-but-rather-try-to-become-a-man-of-value) Item ID: `8` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 10. [The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/9/the-secret-to-creativity-is-knowing-how-to-hide-your-sources) Item ID: `9` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 11. [The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/10/the-difference-between-genius-and-stupidity-is-that-genius-has-its-limits) Item ID: `10` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 12. [Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/11/weakness-of-attitude-becomes-weakness-of-character) Item ID: `11` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 13. [Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/12/pure-mathematics-is-in-its-way-the-poetry-of-logical-ideas) Item ID: `12` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 14. [Nature shows us only the tail of the lion. But I do not doubt that the lion belongs to it even though he cannot at once reveal himself because of his enormous size.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/13/nature-shows-us-only-the-tail-of-the-lion-but-i-do-not-doubt-that-the-lion-belongs-to-it-even-though-he-cannot-at-once-reveal-himself-because-of-his-enormous-size) Item ID: `13` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 15. [Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/14/only-a-life-lived-for-others-is-a-life-worthwhile) Item ID: `14` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 16. [Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/15/great-spirits-have-always-encountered-violent-opposition-from-mediocre-minds-the-mediocre-mind-is-incapable-of-understanding-the-man-who-refuses-to-bow-blindly-to-conventional-prejudices-and-chooses-instead-to-express-his-opinions-courageously-and-honestly) Item ID: `15` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 17. [It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/16/its-not-that-im-so-smart-its-just-that-i-stay-with-problems-longer) Item ID: `16` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 18. [My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/17/my-religion-consists-of-a-humble-admiration-of-the-illimitable-superior-spirit-who-reveals-himself-in-the-slight-details-we-are-able-to-perceive-with-our-frail-and-feeble-mind) Item ID: `17` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 19. [Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/18/peace-cannot-be-kept-by-force-it-can-only-be-achieved-by-understanding) Item ID: `18` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 20. [I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/19/i-never-think-of-the-future-it-comes-soon-enough) Item ID: `19` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 21. [Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I can assure you that mine are all greater](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/20/do-not-worry-about-your-difficulties-in-mathematics-i-can-assure-you-that-mine-are-all-greater) Item ID: `20` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 22. [In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/21/in-order-to-form-an-immaculate-member-of-a-flock-of-sheep-one-must-above-all-be-a-sheep) Item ID: `21` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 23. [The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/22/the-most-incomprehensible-thing-about-the-world-is-that-it-is-comprehensible) Item ID: `22` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 24. [Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/23/reality-is-merely-an-illusion-albeit-a-very-persistent-one) Item ID: `23` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 25. [Truth is what stands the test of experience.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/24/truth-is-what-stands-the-test-of-experience) Item ID: `24` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 26. [Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/25/life-is-like-riding-a-bicycle-to-keep-your-balance-you-must-keep-moving) Item ID: `25` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 27. [Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/26/insanity-doing-the-same-thing-over-and-over-again-and-expecting-different-results) Item ID: `26` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 28. [Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/27/human-knowledge-and-skills-alone-cannot-lead-humanity-to-a-happy-and-dignified-life-humanity-has-every-reason-to-place-the-proclaimers-of-high-moral-standards-and-values-above-the-discoverers-of-objective-truth) Item ID: `27` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 29. [Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/28/few-people-are-capable-of-expressing-with-equanimity-opinions-which-differ-from-the-prejudices-of-their-social-environment-most-people-are-even-incapable-of-forming-such-opinions) Item ID: `28` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ### 30. [Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.](https://listium.com/@scottc/2645/30-great-einstein-quotes/29/common-sense-is-nothing-more-than-a-deposit-of-prejudices-laid-down-by-the-mind-before-you-reach-eighteen) Item ID: `29` - My Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆