evidence: This is my eclectic list of five things that Einstein did NOT say, and yet seem to be quoted and requoted again and again, especially in an educational context. [...] Incidentally, Anka never attempted to attribute this thought to Einstein. In fact, he claimed that it had been obtained via "trans-dimensional channelling" from an extraterrestrial entity named "Bashar". [QI 2] [...] Einstein may or may not have said this, but the only evidence we have is from the works of therapist Frederick S. Perls, who credited the quote to a "great astronomer" in a book published in 1947. In later works, Perls specifically named Einstein as the originator of the quote which was said during a personal meeting with Perls. However, Perls did present different versions of the statement over the years. [QI 3]