The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the...

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet...

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet...

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

[My] deep religiosity... found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading...

[My] deep religiosity... found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading...

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

Love to travel, But hate to arrive

Love to travel, But hate to arrive

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly...

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly...

The only real valuable thing is intuition

The only real valuable thing is intuition

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So...

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So...

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

We cant solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...

We cant solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...

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...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.