Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Quote by Albert Einstein

Topics: Common Quotes

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency...

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency...

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to...

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to...

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the...

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the...

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgements are given to us in the Jewish-Christian...

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgements are given to us in the Jewish-Christian...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

Common sense is merely the deposit of prejudice laid down in the human mind before...

Common sense is merely the deposit of prejudice laid down in the human mind before...

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which...

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which...

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed...

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is...

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is...

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course,...

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course,...

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer...

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer...

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and...

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and...