"Life is sacred, that is to say,..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.
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“The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.”
“Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”
“Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science.”
More on Life
“There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he on day passed away, His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, They claimed he never really died. (Anonymous poem)”
“For the weariest road that man may wendIs forth fromn the home of his father.”
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
More on Value
“Value dwells not in particular will;It holds his estimate and dignityAs well wherein 'tis precious of itselfAs in the prizer.”
“When that which I have chosen to focus upon in this moment evokes love or joy or appreciation, I am, in that moment, offering my greatest value to myself, to my current object of attention and to All-That-Is.”
“Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of utility slave whom no one will buy.”