Einstein

[Guest guest]

Some time last week was Albert Einstein's birthday.....

 

 

"Of all the communities available to us there is not one I would want to

devote myself to, except for the society of the true searchers, which has

very few living members at any time."

 

"Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that

it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really

bring us closer to the secret of the 'Old One.' I, at any rate, am convinced

that He is not playing at dice."

 

"The feeling for what ought and ought not to be grows and dies like a tree,

and no fertilizer of any kind will do much good. What the individual can do

is give a fine example, and have the courage to firmly uphold ethical

convictions in a society of cynics. I have for a long time tried to conduct

myself this way, with varying success."

 

"I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care for money.

Decorations, titles, or distinctions mean nothing to me. I do not crave

praise."

 

"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or

that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His

thoughts; the rest are details."

 

"How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise

and of goodwill! In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot."

 

"As a somewhat precocious young man, I was struck by the futility of the

hopes and the endeavors that most men chase restlessly throughout life. And

I soon realized the cruelty of that chase, which in those days was more

carefully disguised with hypocrisy and glittering words than it is today."

 

"It is almost a miracle that modern teaching methods have not yet entirely

strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for what this delicate little plant

needs more than anything, besides stimulation, is freedom."