There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!
Albert EinsteinEven the scholars in various lands have been acting as if their brains had been amputated.
Albert EinsteinFor the most part, I do the thing which my own nature prompts me to do. It is embarrassing to earn so much respect and love for it.
Albert EinsteinIt is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.
Albert Einstein