9 Einstein Quotes That Will Rewire Your Brain in Seconds

1. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.”

2. “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

3. “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.”

4. “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when contemplating the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.”

5. “When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. Thought experiments are what make progress possible when physical experiments aren’t feasible.”

6. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas. What a person does on first failure is what separates the innovators from the crowd.”

7. “A human being is part of the whole called by us ‘universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us.”

8. “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. He who is successful is he who receives much from his fellow men, usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service to them. The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.”

9. “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it. The same principle applies to knowledge, relationships, and personal growth—small daily improvements create revolutionary results over time.”