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Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart.
Misattributed
The God Spinoza revered is my God, too: I meet Him everyday in the harmonious laws which govern the universe.
Attributed Einstein and the Poet (1983)
I do not accept a religion of fear; My God will not hold me responsible for the actions that necessity imposes.
Attributed Einstein and the Poet (1983)
If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.
Attributed Einstein and the Poet (1983)
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Misattributed
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.
Attributed Ernst Straus in Einstein: A Centenary Volume by A.P. French (1980)
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Attributed Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1979)
I believe in one thing—that only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
Attributed Einstein and the Poet (1983)
I believe the main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego.
Attributed Einstein and the Poet (1983)
It is high time the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service.
Disputed
The mind that opens to a new idea, Never comes back to its original size.
Misattributed
Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
Misattributed
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.
Attributed
This is the beginning of cosmic religion within him; fellowship and human service become his moral code. And without such moral foundations, we are hopelessly doomed.
Attributed Einstein and the Poet (1983)
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
Attributed Einstein's God (1997)
Two things are infinite: the universe and the human stupidity.
Disputed
Contempt prior to investigation is what enslaves a mind to Ignorance.
Misattributed
The search for truth is more precious than its possession.
Misattributed
Education is that which remains, if one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Misattributed
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Misattributed