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Men Quotes by Albert Einstein
- ...and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man - though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the…
- To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the…
- 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.
- 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…
- The most evident difference springs from the important part which is played in man by a relatively strong power of imagination and by the capacity…
- Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them-these are the best guides for man.
- Just as with the man in the fairy tale who turned whatever he touched into gold, with me everything is turned into newspaper clamor.
- As an elderly man, I have remained estranged from the society here.
- Man owes his strength in the struggle for existence to the fact that he is a social animal.
- What is essential in the life of a man of my kind is what he thinks and how he thinks, and not what he does…
- Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.
- Certainly there are things worth believing. I believe in the brotherhood of man and the uniqueness of the individual. But if you ask me to…
- You must be aware that most men (and also not only a few women) are by nature not monogamous. This nature makes itself even more…
- Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being.
- But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for…
- He who finds though that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace. He who,…
- Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not…
- Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like…
- The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in…
- I have lived to prove Thoreau's contention that a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let…
- It is also a natural thing for a serious young man that he should form for himself as precise an idea as possible of the…
- I do not believe that a man should be restrained in his daily actions by being afraid of punishment after death or that he should…
- Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they confused me.
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