We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Interpretation
Intellect should not be our ultimate aim; it is important but lacks character.
In this quote, Albert Einstein emphasizes that while intellectual capabilities are valuable and can be powerful, they should not be the sole focus in life. True value comes from the integration of intellect with personality and character, suggesting that emotional and moral dimensions are essential to being a complete human being.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a graduation speech emphasizing the importance of character alongside academic achievements.
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If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
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 will be killed.
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If I'm an ass, I should say so. If I don't, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them.
Suppose . . . burglars had made entry into this . . . [library]. Picture them seated here on this floor, pouring the light of their dark-lanterns over some books they found, and thus absorbing moral truths and getting moral uplift. The whole course of their lives would have been changed. As it was, they kept straight on in their immoral way and were sent to jail. For all I know, they may next be sent to Congress.
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.
We all make mistakes, we all have fears, and we all have weaknesses. Behind all that is our essential self. When our essential self has made contact with another, the light is dazzling and would fill the universe. The challenge of enchantment is to remain faithful to that light, to believe in it when it is not so apparent. Then that light becomes an incandescent glow and it wraps itself around everything.
It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
The wealthiest Americans often live as though they and their children had nothing to gain from investments in education, infrastructure, clean-energy, and scientific research.
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