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.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They...

Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They...

Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble...

Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble...

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable...

Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable...

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked...

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked...

Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible...

Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible...

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man...

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man...

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the...

One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the...

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial...

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial...

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless...

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless...

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight...

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight...

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

I hope we don't lose in America this demand that those of us who want...

I hope we don't lose in America this demand that those of us who want...

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there...

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there...