QUOTES FROM PROFESSOR DR. EINSTEIN
"It is one of the goals of religions to liberate mankind as far as possible from the
bondage of egocentric cravings, desires, and fears"
THE FINEST EMOTION OF WHICH WE ARE CAPABLE IS THE MYSTIC EMOTION
"Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science.
Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives
in a state of fear is a dead man.
To know that what is impenatrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest
wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor
faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ... that is the core of the true religious sentiment.
In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men."
HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR CIRCLE OF COMPASSION
"A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and
space.
We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest.
A kind of optical delusion of consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to
affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion
to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
THE TREE OF LIFE
"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of
mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."
A COLLECTION OF ONE-LINERS
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds".
"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will
be fought with sticks and stones."
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.".
"God does not play dice with the universe."
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18."
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth
as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet"
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the
former."
"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.".
"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.".
"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through
understanding."
"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
"Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we
face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and
Science."
"Watch the stars, and from them learn."
"To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing
Newton's ground."
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler."
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
THAT's relativity."
"Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love"
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
DEDICATION
Today, March 14, 1999, is the 120th Birthday of Albert Einstein.
To honour this propitious
occasion, I humbly suggest that we do a little something to 'amuse' the women in
our lives. Women DO love to be amused! Professor Einstein amused his wife
very much. Incidentally, this wonderful lady is not even mentioned, in my issue
of Encyclopaedia Brittanica! Can you imagine what it would be like to be married
to Einstein? The following brief anecdote will serve to illustrate, 'one' of the
ways, Mrs. Einstein was kept amused.
"...The neighbours on
Einstein's street at Princeton,NJ, were treated, on several occasions, to the
'spectacle' of the professor, walking leisurely towards his laboratories, with his
frantic wife running to catch up with him..... Lost in deep thought, Albert would
often forget to put on his trousers!"
This is a true story!..For More Information about Professor Doctor Einstein,
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