Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may becom

Quote by Albert Einstein

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These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at...

These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at...

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very...

What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very...

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...

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any...

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any...

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true...

But the creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold true...

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

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

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

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...

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked...

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked...

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made...

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made...

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best...

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best...

My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself...

My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself...

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most...

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most...

Religion is just mind control

Religion is just mind control