"Science can only state what is, not..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
Science can only state what is, not what should be.
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“It is humankind's duty to respect all life, not only animals have feelings but even also trees and plants.”
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
“Make a lot of walks to get healthy and don't read that much but save yourself some until you're grown up.”
More on Science
“I cannot seriously believe in it [quantum theory] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance [spukhafte Fernwirkungen].”
“From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.”
“Even though the realms of religion and science in themselves are clearly marked off from each other, nevertheless there exist between the two strong reciprocal relationships and dependencies.”
More on Ethics
“Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing.”
“Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.”
“In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the affirmative attitude towards the world with ethics are, by a slow but irresistible process, loosening and finally parting. Out of my life and Thought.”