If people are good only because they fear punishment, and ho... - Albert Einstein
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."
"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms."
"Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed."
"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'"LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64"
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."