Albert Einstein Courage Quotations

It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of Courage-to move in the opposite direction.

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.

I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.

To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.

I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.

The ideas that have lighted my way and, time after time, have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.