Communities tend to be guided less than individuals by conscience and a sense of responsibility. How much misery does this fact cause… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I do not believe that a moral philosophy can ever be founded on a scientific basis. … The valuation of life and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Don't do anything that goes against your conscience, even if your country says so. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is not a problem of physics but of ethics. It… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I do not believe that a man should be restrained in his daily actions by being afraid of punishment after death or… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Since I have introduced this term I had always a bad conscience. . . . I cannot help to feel it strongly… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When the nazis came to power, I looked to the universities that prided themselves upon their intellectual freedom, and they failed me.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern without any… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image