Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.
Interpretation
Common sense is shaped by our experiences and biases formed before adulthood.
This quote by Albert Einstein suggests that what we often refer to as 'common sense' is largely influenced by the preconceptions and biases we accumulate during our formative years. These preconceived notions can limit our ability to think critically and independently, as they are shaped by societal norms and personal experiences rather than objective reasoning.
In practice
During a discussion on decision-making in a leadership seminar.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
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.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life
I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
I compare it with a lie, which like to a snowball, the longer it is rolled the greater it becomes.
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.
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