I'm trying to find the source for the following quote by Einstein.  I
don't have the quote exactly, but I'm close:  "We won't solve our
problems with the same level of thinking that created them."

I believe the quote you are looking for is:

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used
when we created them."


The source of this quote, is, well, Einstein.

Sorry to be a smart-alec.  You can find this, and many other quotes at:

http://www.staticfiends.com/einstein/Gallery.htm

SEARCH STRATEGY:

Einstein "solve problems" in google.

In case you're interested, here's some more Einstein quotes:

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6174/jokes/EINSTEIN-QUOTES.HTM

It appears you're looking for the original text in which Einstein
wrote the sentence you're seeking. However, if he spoke it aloud to
someone, as would seem logical given the nature of the comment, it
would not appear in a textual source. In this case, the "source" would
be the person to whom the quote  was originally spoken, assuming it
was spoken by Einstein only once. Otherwise, anyone who heard the
quote from Einstein could be considered an "original source" as he/she
would have heard it from the Physicist's mouth.

If you are looking for a written text you can use to cite the quote,
you might consider using Amazon's "search within a book" feature,
which unfortunately does not support direct URL linking of the search
string, like Google.  Here are ISBNs of books retrieved through Amazon
that contain the quote:

0471273902
0333990137
1567202926