Confucius, Buddha, Jesus and Gandhi have done more for humanity than science has done. We must begin with the heart of man - with his conscience - and the values of conscience can only be manifested by selfless service to mankind.
Albert Einstein
Selfless Service
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“As man becomes conscious of the stupendous laws that govern the universe in perfect harmony, he begins to realize how small he is. He sees the pettiness of human existence, with its ambitions and intrigues, its ‘I am better than thou’ creed. This is the beginning of cosmic religion within him; fellowship and human service become his moral code. Without such moral foundations, we are hopelessly doomed. If we want to improve the world we cannot do it with scientific knowledge but with ideals. Confucius, Buddha, Jesus and Gandhi have done more for humanity than science has done. We must begin with the heart of man—with his conscience—and the values of conscience can only be manifested by selfless service to mankind.”
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a theoretical physicist who published the special and general theories of relativity and contributed in other areas of physics. He won the Nobel Prize in physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
Einstein and the Poet
Hermanns, William, and Albert Einstein. Einstein and the Poet: in Search of the Cosmic Man. Branden Press, 1983.
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Einstein and the Poet
Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man came out of a series of meetings William Hermanns had with Albert Einstein in 1930, 1943, 1948, and 1954.
Additional Quotes from Einstein and the Poet
“I believe that we don’t need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here—to love and to serve.”
“Without religion there is no charity. The soul given to each of us is moved by the same living spirit that moves the universe.”
“Man has infinite dimensions and finds God in his conscience. [A cosmic religion] has no dogma other than teaching man that the universe is rational and that his highest destiny is to ponder it and co-create with its laws.”
“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.”
–Albert Einstein [Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man].