Albert Einstein Quotes About Recognition

• The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supersedes the authority of the law of the state.

  Albert Einstein

  War, Order, Law

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.283, Princeton University Press

• Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his own existence and that of those who are closest to him, to satisfy his personal desires, and to develop his innate abilities. As a social being, he seeks to gain the recognition and affection of his fellow human beings, to share in their pleasures, to comfort them in their sorrows, and to improve their conditions of life.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Sorrow, Desire

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.32, Open Road Media

• The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields for society. Such a school demands from the teacher that he be a kind of artist in his province.

  Albert Einstein

  Education, Teacher, Children

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.63, Broadway Books

• To stimulate creativity one must develop childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition.

  Albert Einstein

  Creativity, Humor, Play

• Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may become injurious for the individual and for the community.

  Albert Einstein

  Science, Intelligent, Interesting

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.28, Open Road Media

• Gradually the conviction gained recognition that all knowledge about things is exclusively a working-over of the raw material furnished by the senses. ... Galileo and Hume first upheld this principle with full clarity and decisiveness.

  Albert Einstein

  Principles, Raw Materials, Firsts

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.21, Broadway Books

• The beauty of it is that we have to content ourselves with the recognition of the miracle, beyond which there is no legitimate way out.

  Albert Einstein

  Miracle, Way, Recognition

• He who finds though that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace. He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more happiness than one man can bear.

  Albert Einstein

  Happiness, Sympathy, Wise

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