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Quote of Albert Einstein - I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on...


Biography - Albert Einstein:

German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity. Nobel Prize in Physics (1921).
Born: 1879 - Died: 1955
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values.



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Quotes for: education


Quotes

Quotes about education:


It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.





Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.





Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.





Education is another sun to those who are educated.





The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.





All rules for study are summed up in this one: learn only in order to create.











Quotes for: ethics


Quotes

Quotes about ethics:


Ethics and aesthetics are one and the same.





Ethics is in truth the easiest of all sciences.





It is clear that ethics cannot be stated. Ethics is transcendental.





Ethics is the aesthetics of the inside.





Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.





An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.







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Albert Einstein also said...


Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.





People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.





A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.





It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.





The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.












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