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Rather Quotes by Albert Einstein
- How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.
- Never lose a holy curiosity. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered…
- A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.
- I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the…
- War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business.…
- Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully.
- 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 should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state.…
- One should never impose one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself.
- A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during…
- Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only…
- I no longer believed in the known God of the Bible, but rather in the mysterious God expressed in nature.
- I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family. When I was…
- If I had my life to live over again, I would elect to be a trader of goods rather than a student of science. I…
- I would teach peace rather than war, love rather than hate.
- What I value in life is quality rather then quantity.
- When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue…
- If the rabble continues to occupy itself with you, then simply don't read that hogwash, but rather leave it for the reptile from whom it…
- There exists a passion for comprehension, just as there exists a passion for music. That passion is rather common in children, but gets lost in…
- Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
- Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
- The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
- Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain,…
- I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.
- It is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this…
More Rather 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
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
- The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further… — Neil Armstrong
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov