"As an elderly man, I have remained..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
As an elderly man, I have remained estranged from the society here.
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“The words of language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. The physical entities which seem to serve as elements in thought are certain signs and more or less clear images.”
“To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor.”
“In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell.”
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“We have to overcome our societal conditioning which says we are unworthy.”
“I delight to come to my bearings,... not to live in this restless, nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth Century, but stand or sitthoughtfully while it goes by.”
“Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labor and starvation.”
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“What is this talked-of mystery of birth. But being mounted bareback on the earth?”
“Sleep! The most beautiful experience in life. Except drink.”
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise [in the future. But only if we set out to make this true and anticipate it so we look for the blessings until we find them].”