Albert Einstein quotes - page 37

Let us accept the world is a mystery. Nature is neither solely material nor entirely spiritual. Man, too, is more than flesh and blood; otherwise, no religions would have been possible. Behind each cause is still another cause; the end or the beginning of all causes has yet to be found. Behind each cause is still another cause; the end or the beginning of all causes has yet to be found. Yet, only one thing must be remembered: there is no effect without a cause, and there is no lawlessness in creation". (Albert Einstein)
Beneath the effort directed toward the accumulation of worldly goods lies all too frequently the illusion that this is the most substantial and desirable end to be achieved; but there is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open to humankind are not derived from the outside, but are bound up with the development of the individual's own feeling, thinking and acting. View quote
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I do not accept a religion of fear; My God will not hold me responsible for the actions that necessity imposes. View quote
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The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the religious paradise; but it has proved itself as trustworthy, and I have never regretted having chosen it. View quote
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Suspicion against every kind of authority grew out of this experience, a skeptical attitude towards the convictions which were alive in any specific social environment-an attitude which has never again left me. View quote
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. View quote
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We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends. View quote
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All generalizations are false, including this one. View quote
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Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way. View quote
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One cannot alter a condition with the same mind set that created it in the first place. View quote
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If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? (Albert Einstein)
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 70th birthday. "Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth. View quote
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I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference! View quote
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The most important decision we can make is whether this is a friendly or hostile universe. From that one decision all others spring. View quote
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The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. View quote
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A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity. In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man. View quote
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Once a day allow yourself the freedom to dream... View quote
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. View quote
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Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order -in short, of government. View quote
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Only the individual can think, and thereby create new values for society - nay, even set up new moral standards to which the life of the community conforms. Without creative, independently thinking and judging personalities the upward development of society is as unthinkable as the development of the individual personality without the nourishing soil of the community. The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion. View quote
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Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music, I get most joy in life out of music. (Albert Einstein)
Random quotes don't constitute an argument. View quote
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? View quote
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[in response to a question about what was meant by his "cosmic religion"] It is not a religion that teaches that man is made in the image of God-that is anthropomorphic. Man has infinite dimensions and finds God in his conscience. This religion has no dogma other than teaching man that the universe is rational and that his highest destiny is to ponder it and co-create with its laws. There are only two limiting factors: first, that what seems impenetrable to us is as important as what is cut and dried; and, second, that our faculties are dull and can only comprehend wisdom and serene beauty in crude forms, but the heart of man through intuition leads us to greater understanding of ourselves and the universe. My religion is based on Moses: Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. And for me God is the First Cause. David and the prophets knew that there could be no love without justice or justice without love. I don't need any other religious trappings. View quote
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Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. View quote
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