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

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Do you believe in immortality? No, and one life is enough for me.

Do you believe in immortality? No, and one life is enough for me.

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man...

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

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...

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.

Education is not received. It is achieved.

Education is not received. It is achieved.

The led must not be compelled, they must be able to choose their own leader

The led must not be compelled, they must be able to choose their own leader

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and...

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and...

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

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

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...

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...

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 religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on...

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on...

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...

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our...

Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our...

I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government...

I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government...

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...