To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

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...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it...

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it...

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know...

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know...

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...

Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and...

Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and...

Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible...

Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible...

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree

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

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

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and...

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and...

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years...

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years...

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

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

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize...

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in...

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

I can't make it in today. My iguana is in a beauty pageant today.

I can't make it in today. My iguana is in a beauty pageant today.