崇高的信仰也決定了愛因斯坦的行為方式。在愛因斯坦眼里，真理是樸素的；在世人眼里，掌握真理的愛因斯坦也是樸素的，這不僅體現(xiàn)在他的日常生活非常簡(jiǎn)樸，更體現(xiàn)在他毫無虛榮心、毫不冷漠、毫無惡意、毫無優(yōu)越感。 下面是總結(jié)的一些愛因斯坦經(jīng)典語錄：

　　1、把你的手放在滾熱的爐子上一分鐘，感覺起來像一小時(shí)。坐在一個(gè)漂亮姑娘身邊整整一小時(shí)，感覺起來像一分鐘。這就是相對(duì)論。Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.

　　2、「沒有宗教的科學(xué)是跛的，沒有科學(xué)的宗教是瞎的?！?/span>

　　3、只要我還能有所選擇，我就只想生活在這樣的國(guó)家里，這個(gè)國(guó)家中所實(shí)行的是：公民、自由、寬容，以及在法律面前公民一律平等。公民自由意味著人們有用言語和文字表示其政治信念的自由；寬容意味著尊重別人的無論哪種可能有的信念。這些條件目前在德國(guó)都不存在。那些對(duì)國(guó)際諒解事業(yè)有特別重大貢獻(xiàn)的人，在那里正受到迫害，其中就有一些是一流的藝術(shù)家。

　　4、測(cè)量一個(gè)物體的質(zhì)量就是測(cè)量其中的能量。

　　原文：The mass of a body is a measure of its energy content.

　　5、物理學(xué)家們說我是數(shù)學(xué)家，數(shù)學(xué)家們又把我歸為物理工作者。我是一個(gè)完全孤立的人，雖然所有人都認(rèn)識(shí)我，卻沒有多少人真正了解我。

　　原文：The physicists say that I am a mathematician, and the mathematicians say that I am a physicist. I am a completely isolated man and though everybody knows me, there are very few people who really know me.

　　6、那我只能對(duì)親愛的主表示遺憾。相對(duì)論是正確的。

　　原文：Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct. - When asked by a student what he would have done if Sir Arthur Eddington's famous 1919 gravitational lensing experiment, which confirmed relativity, had instead disproved it.

　　7、一個(gè)聰明的笨蛋可以把事情做得更大，把事情做得更復(fù)雜，也更暴力。這個(gè)過程需要一點(diǎn)天才——很多的信念——只是朝著相反的方向。

　　原文：Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius— and a lot of courage— to move in the opposite direction.

　　8、一個(gè)人從未犯錯(cuò)是因?yàn)樗辉鴩L試新鮮事物。

　　原文：Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

　　9、當(dāng)知識(shí)的圓周擴(kuò)大之時(shí)，黑暗的圓周也一樣。

　　原文：As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.

　　10、在上帝面前我們都一樣聰明——也都一樣愚蠢。

　　原文：Before God we are all equally wise— and equally foolish.

　　11、常識(shí)就是人到十八歲為止所累積的各種偏見。

　　原文：Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

　　12、不要擔(dān)心數(shù)學(xué)問題；我保證我的問題要大得多。

　　原文：Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

　　13、教育就是當(dāng)一個(gè)人把在學(xué)校所學(xué)全部忘光之後剩下的東西。

　　原文：Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

　　14、公式對(duì)我更重要，因?yàn)檎问菫榱爽F(xiàn)在，而公式是永恒的。

　　原文：Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.

　　15、上帝并不在乎我們的數(shù)學(xué)困難。他以經(jīng)驗(yàn)來管理大局。

　　原文：God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.

　　16、萬有引力并不是那些陷入愛河的人找人算帳時(shí)的目標(biāo)。

　　原文：Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

　　17、我無法知道第三次世界大戰(zhàn)會(huì)有什么武器登場(chǎng)，但第四次世界大戰(zhàn)中人們肯定用的是木棍和石塊。

　　原文：I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

　　19、我并不假裝理解宇宙——它比我大得多。

　　原文：I don't pretend to understand the universe— it's much bigger than I am.

　　20、我喜歡旅行，但我不喜歡到達(dá)。

　　原文：I love to travel, but hate to arrive.

　　21、我從不展望未來。它來得夠快的了。

　　原文：I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

　　22、我認(rèn)為只有大膽的投機(jī)，而不是信息的積累才能把我們往前推。

　　原文：I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.

　　23、我想知道上帝的構(gòu)思；其他的都是細(xì)節(jié)。

　　原文：I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.

　　24、如果A代表一個(gè)人的成功，那么A等于x加y加z。勤奮工作是x；y是娛樂，而z是把嘴閉上。If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

　　25、如果我再次成為一個(gè)展望人生的年輕人，我不會(huì)選擇成為一個(gè)科學(xué)家、學(xué)者或是教師。我寧可去做一個(gè)水管工或是小商販，只期盼能當(dāng)今社會(huì)還有一定程度上的自由。

　　原文：If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.

　　26、如果我的相對(duì)論被證明是正確的，德國(guó)人就會(huì)說我是德國(guó)人，法國(guó)佬會(huì)說我是一個(gè)世界公民。如果我的相對(duì)論被否定了，法國(guó)佬就會(huì)罵我德國(guó)鬼子而德國(guó)人就會(huì)把我歸為猶太人。

　　原文：If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will say I am a man of the world. If it's proven wrong, France will say I am a German and Germany will say I am a Jew.

　　27、如果我們知道我們?cè)谧鍪裁?，那么這就不叫科學(xué)研究了；不是嗎？

　　原文：If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?

　　28、創(chuàng)新不是由邏輯思維帶來的，盡管最後的成果需要一個(gè)符合邏輯的結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　原文：Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.

　　29、精神錯(cuò)亂：一遍又一遍地重復(fù)同一件事而期待不同的結(jié)果。

　　原文：Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

　　30、有一個(gè)現(xiàn)象的明顯程度已經(jīng)讓我毛骨悚然，這便是我們的人性已經(jīng)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)落後我們的科學(xué)技術(shù)了。

　　原文：It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

　　31、掰開人身上的偏見比掰開一個(gè)原子難的多。

　　原文：It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.

　　32、法律本身并不能保證言論自由；要做到這一點(diǎn)必須使整個(gè)人群中都彌漫著容忍的勇氣。

　　原文：Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

　　33、人生就像騎單車。想保持平衡就得往前走。

　　原文：Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

　　34、只有無私的生命才值得活。

　　原文：Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

　　36、武力不能維持和平。只有互相理解才可以。

　　原文：Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

　　37、真相其實(shí)只是一個(gè)幻象，雖然這個(gè)幻象相當(dāng)頑固。

　　原文：Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

　　38、科學(xué)是好東西，只要它不跟任何人的飯碗掛鉤就行。

　　原文：Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

　　39、我們的主很狡猾，好在他不懷歹意。

　　原文：Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.

　　40、天才和愚蠢之間的區(qū)別就是天才有它的限制。

　　原文：The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

　　41、其可理解性是這個(gè)世界永遠(yuǎn)的謎。

　　原文：The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

　　42、世界上最讓我難以理解的就是所得稅。

　　原文：The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

　　43、這個(gè)世界最不可理解的就是它是完全可以理解的。

　　原文：The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

　　44、真正有價(jià)值的是直覺。在探索的道路上智力無甚用處。

　　原文：The only real valuable thing is intuition. The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery.

　　45、當(dāng)今世界的種種困難并不能被創(chuàng)造它們的人的思維層次解決。

　　原文：The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.

　　46、原子能的釋放并沒有創(chuàng)造新的問題。它僅僅是把解決一個(gè)現(xiàn)有問題的工作變得更為急迫。

　　原文：The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

　　47、擁有創(chuàng)造性的秘密就是把信息來源藏起來。

　　原文：The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

　　48、科學(xué)的全部就是正常思維的一個(gè)精致版本。

　　原文：The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

　　49、真理就是在實(shí)踐面前站得住腳的東西。

　　原文：Truth is what stands the test of experience.

　　50、兩件事情讓我敬畏：布滿星星的天堂和被包含其中的精神宇宙。

　　原文：Two things inspire me to awe: the starry heavens and the moral universe within.

　　51、不必努力去做一個(gè)成功者，盡力去成為一個(gè)有價(jià)值者。

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

　　52、態(tài)度上的弱點(diǎn)會(huì)變成性格上的弱點(diǎn)。

　　原文：Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

　　53、真正使我感興趣的是上帝創(chuàng)造世界的時(shí)候有沒有別的方案可選。

　　原文：What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.

　　54、如果有來世，我要去做一個(gè)商人。

　　原文：If I had to live my life over again, I would live it as a trader of goods.

　　55、如果我給你一個(gè)芬尼，你的財(cái)富增長(zhǎng)而我的財(cái)富縮減，幅度都是一個(gè)芬尼。但如果我給你一點(diǎn)想法，盡管你有了新的想法，我卻并沒損失什么。

　　原文：If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too.

　　56、并不是我很聰明，而只是我和問題相處得比較久一點(diǎn)。

　　原文：It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

　　57、宇宙中最強(qiáng)大的力就是利滾利。

　　原文：The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest. 58、宇宙中唯有兩件事物是無限的：那就是宇宙的大小與人的蠢笨。然而宇宙的大小我卻不能肯定。