Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Interpretation
Innovators and great thinkers often face resistance from those who are less ambitious or understanding.
This quote by Albert Einstein suggests that individuals with extraordinary ideas or visions often struggle against the pushback of more conventional or less imaginative people. The opposition they face is not necessarily due to the shortcomings of their ideas, but rather reflects the limitations and fears of those who do not understand or appreciate innovation.
In practice
During a motivational speech about innovation in the workplace.
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.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. You will know. You will know when it's right.
We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.
I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, 'God is not mad at you.' Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, 'That is exactly what I needed to hear today.' Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.
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