The solitude and peace of mind are serving me quite well, not the least of which is due to the excellent and truly enjoyable relationship with my cousin; its stability will be guaranteed by the avoidance of marriage.
Interpretation
This quote expresses how solitude and a strong relationship with a cousin contribute to personal peace and happiness, advocating for the benefits of avoiding marriage.
In this quote, Albert Einstein reflects on the importance of solitude and mental peace in his life, which he attributes largely to a fulfilling relationship with his cousin. He suggests that maintaining this stability and contentment is enhanced by choosing to avoid the complexities often associated with marriage, hinting at the value of personal relationships without the institutional pressures that marriage can bring.
In practice
During a family gathering, you might say this quote to emphasize the joy of family connections over marital commitments.
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.
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.
When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.
I miss God. I miss the company of someone utterly loyal. I still don't think of God as my betrayer. The servants of God, yes, but servants by their very nature betray. I miss God who was my friend. I don't even know if God exists, but I do know that if God is your emotional role model, very few human relationships will match up to it.
To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
One of the things that the court held in Brown v. Board of Education is that government can't impose a badge of inferiority on some of its citizens. Yet that is exactly what Proposition 8 does with respect to gay and lesbian couples in California.
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