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Upon Quotes by Albert Einstein
- Whether or not you can observe a thing depends upon the theory you use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed.
- The mind can proceed only so far upon what it knows and can prove. There comes a point where the mind takes a higher plane…
- A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more…
- I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to…
- When the nazis came to power, I looked to the universities that prided themselves upon their intellectual freedom, and they failed me. I looked to…
- 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…
- I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon…
- 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…
- I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves. This ethical basis I call the ideal of the pigsty.
- Strange is our situation here upon earth.
- Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing.
- The future is an unknown, but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future we must first look back upon the past. That is…
- If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer:…
- I have never belonged wholeheartedly to country or State, to my circle of friends or even to my own family... Such isolation is sometimes bitter,…
- Creativity is one of those hypnotic words which are prone to cast a spell upon our understanding and dissolve our thinking into haze.
- All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
- I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
- Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
- It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding…
- From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other -…
- Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay.
- All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest…
- Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. (said of Mahatma Gandhi)
- Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.…
- I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals…
More Upon Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in… — Aristophanes
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. — Margaret Atwood
- Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to… — Norman Ralph Augustine
- The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no… — Marcus Aurelius
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius