All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the inidual towards freedom.
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Create Personalise WishesThe most beautiful thing…
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.
13Scientists were rated…
Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.
12A man’s ethical behavior…
A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
18I do not believe in the…
I do not believe in the immortality of the inidual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern without any superhuman authority behind it.
13True religion is real…
True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.
13Any power must be an enemy…
Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the inidual by terror and force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the inidual.
statement, England, September 15, 193311
It is, in fact, nothing…
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.
9The intuitive mind is…
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
8Great ideas often receive…
Try not to become a man…
A human being is a part…
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
7The most beautiful experience…
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
Living Philosophies, 19319
People like you and I,…
People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live…[We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born. letter to Otto Juliusburger
8The world is a dangerous…
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
8We are only as strong..
Never give up on something
Life is 10% what…
There are no secrets to success…
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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