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 man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life.
There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)
A born king is a very rare being.
Let this be the criterion always: anything that makes you festive, anything that gives you celebration, anything that makes you dance and sing to such an extent that you disappear in your dancing, in your singing, in your celebration... is the only true religion I know of.
Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.
All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal, but with a near infinite capacity for folly. . . . He draws blueprints for Utopia, but never quite gets it built. In the end he plugs away obstinately with the only building material really ever at hand--his own part comic, part tragic, part cussed, but part glorious nature.
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