"Man would indeeded be in a poor..." - Quote by Albert Einstein

“The normal objective of my thought affords no insight into the dark places of human will and feeling.”

“I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind, and I remarked that only a supranational organization would offer protection from that danger. Thereupon my visitor, very calmly and coolly, said to me: "Why are you so deeply opposed to the disappearance of the human race?".”

“One can't teach a cat not to catch birds”

“The really royal calling of the philosopher (as expressed by Alcuin the Anglo-Saxon): To correct what is wrong, and strengthen the right, and raise what is holy.”

“It is a distinction to have many virtues, but a hard lot.”

“Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.”

“Sir, are you trying to offer me a bribe? How much”

“In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in reality, do their feeble best for unrighteousness. Just as the upright politician should hold in peculiar scorn the man who makes the name of politician a reproach and a shame, so the genuine reformer should realize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughingstock among decent men.”

“This demand follows from an insight that I was the first to articulate: that there are no moral facts.”