Albert Einstein

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Albert Einstein

I want to be cremated so people won’t come to worship at my bones.

Albert Einstein

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

Albert Einstein

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know God’s thoughts, the rest are details.

Albert Einstein

I was just more stubborn and more passionate than most about physics.

Albert Einstein

I was made acutely aware how far superior an education that stresses independent action and personal responsibility is to one that relies on drill, external authority and ambition.

Albert Einstein

I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me.

Albert Einstein

I would absolutely refuse any direct or indirect war service and would try to persuade my friends to do the same, regardless of the reasons for the cause of a war.

Albert Einstein

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man’s guide in the foreseeable future; however, they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few.

Albert Einstein

I would teach peace rather than war, love rather than hate.

Albert Einstein