Insofar As Mathematics Is True, It Does

It's Not That Life Has Been Easy, Perfect Or Exactly As Expected. I Just Choose To Be Happy And Grateful No Matter How It All Turns Out. If People Are Good Only Because They Fear Punishment, And Hope For Reward, Then We Are A Sorry Lot Indeed.

The Ideals Which Have Always Shone Before Me And Filled Me With The Joy Of Living Are Goodness, Beauty, And Truth.

It Is A Very Grave Mistake To Think That The Enjoyment Of Seeing And Searching Can Be Promoted By Means Of Coercion And A Sense Of Duty.

[misquotation; Not By Einstein.] If Only I Had Known, I Should Have Become A Watchmaker. [apparently Remorseful For His Role In The Development Of The Atom Bomb.]

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. (reading This Makes Me Wonder How Much Sooner Man Could Have Walked On The Moon... Had We Listened To A Child's Fantasies. It Is Truly A Pity That So Many Lose Their Gift Of Imagination To The Steady Hum Of The Status Quo.)