All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual toward freedom.

Albert Einstein · The opening of Moral Decay, a message to the YMCA, 11 October 1937.

The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life achievement.

Albert Einstein · From his address on education at Albany, 15 October 1936.

Albert Einstein · From his message for the Gandhi memorial service, 11 February 1948.

Albert Einstein · To his editor and friend Saxe Commins, summer 1953.

More Wisdom Quotes

Horace · The source reads: “Magnas inter opes inops. A beggar amidst great riches.”

Winston Churchill · Churchill at the University of Copenhagen in 1950, on what education is for.

Rachel Brosnahan · The actress on kindness.

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