"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 any talent for abstract, positive thinking."

"All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field."

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."

"A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem."

"After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well."

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."

"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."

"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science."

Albert Einstein

(pretty smart guy, all in all....)