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 am a stronger follower of Veganism by principle, not just because of moral and aesthetic reasons. I truly believe in a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
For the moral attitudes of a people that is supported by religion need always aim at preserving and promoting the sanity and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Only the Catholic Church protested against the Hitlerian onslaught on liberty. Up till then I had not been interested in the Church,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Democracy, taken in its narrower, purely political, sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
An important advance in the life of a people is the transformation of the religion of fear into the moral religion. But… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The content of scientific theory itself offers no moral foundation for the personal conduct of life. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Non-cooperation in military matters should be an essential moral principle for all true scientists ... — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The desire for guidance, love, and support prompts men to form the social or moral conception of God. This is the God… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Selection [of UN delegates] by governments cannot give the peoples of the world the feeling of being fairly and proportionately represented. The… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I feel… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Hail to the man who went through life always helping others, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Jewish scriptures admirably illustrate the development from the religion of fear to moral religion, a development continued in the New Testament.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The great moral teachers of humanity were in a way artistic geniuses in the art of living. — 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