Albert Einstein Essential Quotations

But in physics I soon learned to scent out the paths that led to the depths, and to disregard everything else, all the many things that clutter up the mind, and divert it from the essential. The hitch in this was, of course, the fact that one had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examination, whether one liked it or not.

Nature hides her secrets because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse.

Nature conceals her mystery by her essential grandeur.

Discussion and argument are essential parts of science; the greatest talent is the ability to strip a theory until the simple basic idea emerges with clarity.

It is characteristic of the military mentality that non-human factors ... are held essential, while the human being, his desires and thoughts-in short, the psychological factors-are considered as unimportant and secondary.

Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.

Playfullness is the essential feature of productive thought.

The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.