"It would be a sad situation if..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
It would be a sad situation if the bag was better than the meat wrapped in it.
More by Albert Einstein
“Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty.”
“Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purposehe knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it.But without deeper reflection one knows from daily lifethat one exists for other people.”
“Curiosity has its own reason for existence.”
More on Value
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.”
“He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which enriches him and makes me poor indeed.”
“The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.”
More on Substance
“There is no doubt that the loftiest written wisdom is either rhymed or in some way musically measured,--is, in form as well as substance, poetry; and a volume which should contain the condensed wisdom of mankind need not have one rhythmless line.”
“The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial; they abide with realities, they do not remain with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.”
“The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.”