"[O]nly if every individual strives for truth..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
[O]nly if every individual strives for truth can humanity attain a happier future; the atavisms in each of us that stand in the way of a friendlier destiny can only thus be rendered ineffective.
More by Albert Einstein
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
“I have become an obstinate heretic in the eyes of my colleagues. Momentary success carries more power of conviction than reflections upon principles.”
“In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are capable of it.”
More on Truth
“Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”
“The first duty of a lecturer: to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks, and keep on the mantelpiece forever.”
“Science is the process of making obviously erroneous ideas less obviously erroneous.”
More on Humanity
“My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that establishing binding ethical principles is possible when we take as our starting point the observation that we all desire happiness and wish to avoid suffering.”
“I believe the twenty-first century can become the most important century of human history. I think a new reality is emerging. Whether this view is realistic or not, there is no harm in making an effort.”
“We are all life trying to live, among other life trying to live.”