If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Quote by Albert Einstein

Topics: Behavior Quotes, Mankind Quotes

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of...

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of...

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces...

How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces...

Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they...

Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they...

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

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

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z,...

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z,...

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

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...

The horizon of many people is a circle with zero radius which they call their...

The horizon of many people is a circle with zero radius which they call their...

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of...

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of...

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of...

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of...

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the...

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the...

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

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

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

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...

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...