Albert Einstein Quotes

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• The payment of the worker is not determined by the value of his product.
• A human being is part of a whole called by us the universe.
• The splitting of the atom has changed everything except for how we think.
• People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live.
• Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?…
• I am convinced that some political and social activities and practices of the Catholic organizations are detrimental and even dangerous for the community as a…
• Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world. All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.
• I have yet to meet a single person from our culture, no matter what his or her educational background, IQ, and specific training, who had…
• Violence sometimes may have cleared away obstructions quickly, but it never has proved itself creative.
• What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion.
• Do you remember how electrical currents and 'unseen waves' were laughed at? The knowledge about man is still in its infancy.
• Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
• Humankind's desire for peace can be realized only by the creation of a world government.
• I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his…
• An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an…
• Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world; he then tries to…
• What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of…
• Realising the healthy international relations can be created only among populations made up of individuals who themselves are healthy and enjoy a measure a independence,…
• In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or…
• The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on…

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