"To understand the world one must not..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.
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More on Selflessness
“I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.”
“If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.”
“Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered.”
More on Understanding
“There are all kinds of businesses that Charlie and I don't understand, but that doesn't cause us to stay up at night. It just means we go on to the next one, and that's what the individual investor should do.”
“One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.”
“Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.”