Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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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...

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...

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...

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...

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with...

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with...

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...

Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot...

Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot...

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...

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...

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...

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to...

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the...

Only a life lived for others is worth living

Only a life lived for others is worth living

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt....

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt....

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

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...

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part...

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part...

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of...

The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of...

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good...

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good...

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of...

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of...