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Personal Quotes by Albert Einstein
- A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.
- The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously.
- I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.
- e idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive. However, I am also not a "Freethinker" in the usual…
- 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…
- 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…
- Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he…
- The content of scientific theory itself offers no moral foundation for the personal conduct of life.
- I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death, or blind faith. I cannot prove to…
- Mere unbelief in a personal God is no philosophy at all.
- A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
- What Artistic and Scientific Experience Have in Common - Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we…
- About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church... As long as I can remember. I have resented mass indoctrination.…
- It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I feel also not able…
- The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be…
- The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. One is tempted to stop and listen to it. The…
- The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for…
- Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his own…
- It is quite clear to me that the religious paradise of youth, which [I] lost, was a first attempt to free myself from the chains…
- A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts…
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- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
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- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. — Robert Baden-Powell