I should very much like to remain in the darkness of not having been analyzed.
Interpretation
This quote reflects a desire to maintain the mystery of one's thoughts and nature without external scrutiny.
In this quote, Albert Einstein expresses a preference for intellectual and personal privacy, suggesting that being analyzed could strip away the depth and complexity of one's existence. His yearning to remain 'in the darkness' implies that there is value in the unknown aspects of oneself, and that constant examination might detract from the authenticity of one's being.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the importance of personal space in relationships.
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.
A man is not saved against his will, but he is made willing by the operation of the Holy Ghost. A mighty grace which he does not wish to resist enters into the man, disarms him, makes a new creature of him, and he is saved.
I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum
America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity - the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
He knew it was possible for shame to be nursed and doctored like an illness, if you wanted to keep it separate from the rest of your life, but that didn't mean there'd be any way to keep from knowing it was there.
What is perceptible to oneβs mistrust is the cut-and-dried way that life is divided up and the ready-made form it assumes, the ever-recurring sameness of it, the pre-formations passed down by generation after generation, the ready-made language not only of the tongue but also of the sensations and the feelings.
Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.
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