Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Albert Einstein Quotes
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving.
Three rules of work: (1) Out of clutter, find simplicity; (2) From discord, find harmony; (3) In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Splitting the atom has changed everything but our thinking. We are drifting toward never-before-seen disaster.
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 might be killed, but enough men capable of thinking, and enough books, would be left to start again, and civilization could be restored.
The discovery of nuclear chain reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than did the discovery of matches. We only must do everything in our power to safeguard against its abuse. Only a supranational organization, equipped with a sufficiently strong executive power, can protect us.
There is not the slightest indication that (nuclear) energy will ever be obtainable.
The discovery of nuclear reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than the discovery of matches.