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May Quotes by Albert Einstein
- .. free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind. There…
- But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs…
- As to science, we may well define it for our purpose as "methodical thinking directed toward finding regulative connections between our sensual experiences".
- While it is true that science, to the extent of its grasp of causative connections, may reach important conclusions as to the compatibility and incompatibility…
- It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's fine saying, that…
- The sceptic will say, 'It may well be true that this system of equations is reasonable from a logical standpoint, but this does not prove…
- Since I do not forsee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the…
- Good acts are like good poems. One may easily get their drift, but they are not rationally understood.
- I think we have to safeguard ourselves against people who are a menace to others, quite apart from what may have motivated their deeds.
- I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards.
- The scientist finds his reward in what Henri Poincare calls the joy of comprehension, and not in the possibility of application to which any discovery…
- I do not much believe in education. Each person ought to be his or her own model, however frightful that may be.
- Violence sometimes may have cleared away obstructions quickly, but it never has proved itself creative.
- Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.
- It may affront the military-minded person to suggest a regime that does not maintain any military secrets.
- The world as we see it is only the world as we see it. Others may see it differently.
- While it is true that an inherently free and scrupulous person may be destroyed, such an individual can never be enslaved or used as a…
- I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as a goal, the extirpation of…
- The stakes are immense, the task colossal, the time is short. But we may hope - we must hope - that man's own creation, man's…
- To a student: Dear Miss - I have read about sixteen pages of your manuscript . . . I suffered exactly the same treatment at…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt