If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of valuing good ideas and philosophies over material possessions.
Albert Einstein's quote encourages us to prioritize the quality of our thoughts and beliefs rather than being overly concerned with our material appearances. Just as we might feel embarrassed by poor clothing or furniture, we should feel a greater sense of shame or concern when it comes to holding shabby ideas and philosophies that do not contribute positively to our lives and society.
In practice
Using this quote in a discussion on the importance of critical thinking.
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.
So really what it comes down to, it's God. Wherever you look, it's God appearing as this, that, that...and what you really love and appreciate in each form is the divine formless out of which each form comes. But to be able to sense that you have to sense it in yourself first. And that is seeing the beauty in everything, that's really what it means.
The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child.
My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.
Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.
The self is only a threshold, a door, a becoming between two multiplicities
The disobedient child is continuously condemned. The obedient child is, on the other hand, continuously praised. But have you heard of any obedient child having become world-famous in any dimension of creativity? Have you heard of any obedient child who has attained the Nobel prize for anything - literature, peace, science? The obedient child becomes just the common crowd. All that is added to existence is added by the disobedient.
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