Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Quote Authors: Albert Einstein
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If I had only known, I would have been a
If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.
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Before God we are all equally wise – and equally
Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish.
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I never think of the future – it comes soon
I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.
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The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
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My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
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I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide
I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
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Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.
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Perfection of means and confusion of ends seems to characterize
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seems to characterize our age.