I do not believe that a moral philosophy can ever be founded on a scientific basis. … The valuation of life and all its nobler expressions can only come out of the soul’s yearning toward its own destiny. Every attempt to reduce ethics to scientific formulas must fail. Of that I am perfectly convinced.
Albert EinsteinI never thought that others would take my theories so much more seriously than I did.
Albert EinsteinO, Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom?
Albert EinsteinMen like Henry George [ the pioneer of land value taxation] are rare, unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic form, and fervent love of justice.
Albert Einstein