All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal.

Quote by Albert Einstein

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Progress Quotes

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a...

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a...

Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't...

Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't...

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think...

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think...

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even...

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even...

Not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

Not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it...

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it...

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk...

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk...

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only...

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only...

When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else...

When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else...

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle;...

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle;...

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you...

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you...

If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and...

If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and...

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits

Joy in looking and comprehending is natures most beautiful gift.

Joy in looking and comprehending is natures most beautiful gift.

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the...

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon...

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon...

If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.

If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.