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Quotes from Viereck interview — Albert Einstein

1879–1955

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11 quotes

No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life.

Viereck interview (1929)

It is quite possible to be both. I look upon myself as a man. Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

Viereck interview (1929)

As a child, I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene.

Viereck interview (1929)

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Viereck interview (1929)

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Viereck interview (1929)

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

Viereck interview (1929)

Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot.

Viereck interview (1929)

I believe in standardizing automobiles. I do not believe in standardizing human beings.

Viereck interview (1929)

Standardization robs life of its spice.

Viereck interview (1929)

I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am.

Viereck interview (1929)

I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton.

Viereck interview (1929)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Albert Einstein (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.