"Everybody acts not only under external compulsion..." - Quote by Albert Einstein

“Inner freedom is an infrequent gift of nature and a worthy object for the individual.”

“When I was young I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in a sock.So I stopped wearing socks.”

“I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your very being, and seems to make the day's work like a happy child at play.”

“It is a disturbing conundrum that true free will cannot exist without the possibility of suicide. Then again, it ain't over 'til it's over!”

“It is true that water will flow indifferently to east and west, but will it flow equally well up and down? Human nature is disposed toward goodness, just as water tends to flow downwards. There is no water but flows downwards, and no man but shows his tendency to be good. Now, by striking water hard, you may splash it higher than your forehead, and by damming it, you may make it go uphill. But, is that the nature of water? It is external force that causes it to do so. Likewise, if a man is made to do what is not good, his nature is being similarly forced.”

“There is no use saying you chose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up.”

“They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another.”

“Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.”

“He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel like that.”