For 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.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the importance of following one's true nature, while recognizing the unexpected admiration that can arise from it.
In this quote, Albert Einstein expresses the notion that he largely pursues actions and choices that are innate to his character. He acknowledges the irony in receiving respect and love from others for merely being true to himself, highlighting the complex relationship between authenticity and external validation.
In practice
During a motivational speech, to illustrate the importance of authenticity in personal achievements.
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.
You can enter yoga, or the path of yoga, only when you are totally frustrated with your own mind as it is. If you are still hoping that you can gain something through your mind, yoga is not for you.
The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses the ability to feel glad because the sun is shining. He doesn't see the wonder and the newness of the beginning of spring.
If you think you’re the only person for whom life is painful, you’re wrong. And if you don’t mind letting yourself die like a dog, at least have the decency to remember that there are those of us who do care – although, to tell the truth, I don’t see why?
The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
What if I’ve forgotten the most important thing?
I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.
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