| But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for their eyes are blinded by passion. General fear and anxiety create hatred and aggressiveness. The adaptation to warlike aims and activities has corrupted the mentality of man; as a result, intelligent, objective and humane thinking has hardly any effect and is even suspected and persecuted as unpatriotic. Albert Einstein Patriotism |
| More from Albert Einstein |
| When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. Albert Einstein |
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| True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. Albert Einstein |
| The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein |
| It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein |
| Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. Albert Einstein |
| The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. Albert Einstein |
| The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein |
| A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory. Albert Einstein |
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| I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the Earth might be killed, but enough men capable of thinking, and enough books, would be left to start again, and civilization could be restored. Albert Einstein |
| If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. Albert Einstein |
| More in the Patriotism category |
| "It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens." Baha'u'llah Patriotism |
| "I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." James Baldwin Patriotism |
| "I am thankful to have had these ten weeks of quiet to get ready. Now I have had them and have been kindly treated here. I expected my sentence and I believe it was just. Standing as I do in view of God and Eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone." Edith Cavell Patriotism |
| "Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." William Jefferson Clinton Patriotism |
| (note: Clinton borrowed from Eisenhower for this one) William Jefferson Clinton Patriotism |
| How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of goodwill! In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot. Albert Einstein Patriotism |
| "Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic." Indira Gandhi Patriotism |
| "What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters?" Kahlil Gibran Patriotism |
| "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Nathan Hale Patriotism |
| "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Patriotism |
