The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
Interpretation
True fulfillment comes from serving others rather than seeking power over them.
This quote by Albert Einstein emphasizes the philosophical idea that the ultimate purpose of an individual is found in the act of service to others, rather than in exercising control or authority. It suggests that true greatness is achieved through altruism and contribution to the welfare of others, implying that leading a meaningful life involves prioritizing the needs of the community over personal ambition or domination.
In practice
In a speech about community service, one might say, 'As Albert Einstein once said, the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.'
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.
Ye have cast out yer brothers for devils and now complain ye, lamenting, that ye've been left to fight alone.
Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and donβt care to know any more.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it.
Insects sting, not from malice, but because they want to live. It is the same with critics; they desire our blood not our pain.
England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter.
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