It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
Interpretation
Einstein suggests that a vegetarian lifestyle positively impacts human temperament and can benefit society as a whole.
In this quote, Albert Einstein expresses his belief that adopting a vegetarian lifestyle has significant positive effects on human nature and behavior. He argues that the physical benefits of vegetarianism can lead to improved temperament among individuals, which in turn could create a more harmonious and beneficial society for all. This suggestion reflects Einsteinβs broader concerns about humanity and the ethical implications of dietary choices.
In practice
During a discussion about dietary choices at a wellness seminar.
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 hallucination is a species of reality, as capable of teaching you as a videotape about Kilimanjaro or anything else that falls through your life.
Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
When you criminalize something, only criminals can deal with it. When criminals deal with it, there's no recourse to law, so there's only recourse to violence.
Paradox: how do we know what we have failed to see because we have no language to express it, thus we cannot know that we have failed to see it.
When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.
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