Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. -Albert Einstein Age
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. -Albert Einstein Failure
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. -Albert Einstein Success
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. -Albert Einstein Beauty
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people. -Albert Einstein Life
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. -Albert Einstein Beauty
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. -Albert Einstein Death
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. -Albert Einstein Art
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. -Albert Einstein Education
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. -Albert Einstein Religion
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. -Albert Einstein Hope
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. -Albert Einstein Power
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. -Albert Einstein Positive