The highest principles for our aspirations and judgements are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation…

Quote by Albert Einstein

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Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct...

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct...

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we...

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we...

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...

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name...

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name...

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

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

Mathematics are well and good but nature keeps dragging us around by the nose.

Mathematics are well and good but nature keeps dragging us around by the nose.

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.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can...

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can...

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...

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...

The environment is everything that isn't me.

The environment is everything that isn't me.

All true learning is experience, everything else is just information.

All true learning is experience, everything else is just information.

LOVE: He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to...

LOVE: He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to...

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...

One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one...

One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one...

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

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

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial...

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial...

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against...

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against...