Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.
Interpretation
Common sense is shaped by our experiences and biases formed before adulthood.
This quote by Albert Einstein suggests that what we often refer to as 'common sense' is largely influenced by the preconceptions and biases we accumulate during our formative years. These preconceived notions can limit our ability to think critically and independently, as they are shaped by societal norms and personal experiences rather than objective reasoning.
In practice
During a discussion on decision-making in a leadership seminar.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
Although I am ready to defend what I have said, many people expect me to defend what others have attributed to me.
If you are willing to take an instant to withdraw attention from whatever your internal dialogue is, to withdraw energy from whatever the latest point of view about your suffering is, it is immediately obvious what is here: the fullness, the richness and the love of oneself as conscious life.
Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.
Money is congealed energy, and releasing it releases life's possibilities.
It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.
The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.
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