For an idea which, at first, does not seem absurd, there is no hope.
Interpretation
Absurd ideas often lead to innovation and progress, while conventional ideas may not inspire change.
Albert Einstein suggests that ideas that seem absurd or unconventional at first are often the seeds of groundbreaking innovations. If an idea appears to be reasonable and non-controversial, it may lack the potential to challenge the status quo or inspire significant change, indicating that true creativity often lies beyond the limits of traditional thinking.
In practice
This quote can be shared at an innovation workshop to inspire participants.
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.
What if what made me do all those things everyone thought I shouldn't have done was what also had got me here? What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?
It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy.
Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war
Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
You can't depend on the kind of folks people think they are - you've got to go by what they do. And I wouldn't give much for a man that some folks hadn't thought was a fool, in his time.
Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.
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