He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Interpretation
Appreciation and wonder are essential to life; without them, one is detached from the world.
This quote by Albert Einstein emphasizes the importance of curiosity and awe in our lives. He suggests that the ability to pause, reflect, and marvel at the world around us is vital for a fulfilling existence; without this sense of wonder, one essentially ceases to truly live and engage with their surroundings.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of creativity, one could quote Einstein to inspire the audience.
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.
Most people, they get overwhelmed by the religious stories, the nationalist stories, by the economic stories of the day, and take these stories to be the reality.
If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we would be content if we provide accounts that are second to none in probability.
What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, βChristianβ minority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on the edge of starvation!
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
In the long run all battles are lost, and so are all wars.
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