Never lose a holy curiosity. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.
Interpretation
Value lies in being curious and generous rather than just successful.
This quote by Albert Einstein emphasizes the importance of maintaining curiosity and focusing on personal values rather than solely pursuing success. While society often defines success by material gains or achievements, Einstein suggests that true fulfillment comes from contributing positively to the world and nurturing one's innate curiosity. A man of value strives to offer more to the world than he takes, enriching both his own life and the lives of others.
In practice
In a speech about personal development, I would quote Einstein to inspire the audience to cherish their curiosity.
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.
I'm terrified of passive acquiescence. I live in intensity.
They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of presence and wholeness that could carry me through whatever losses might come.
In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.
Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
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