Albert Einstein Quotes about Character

Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance

Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance

Albert Einstein

Ignorance, Character, Height

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Character, Angel

"Why there's no such thing as a gifted child" by Wendy Berliner, www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2017.

I am a stronger follower of Veganism by principle, not just because of moral and aesthetic reasons. I truly believe in a Vegetarian lifestyle and I have faith and hopes in change in human destiny, thanks to the physical effects and benefits of a healthier diet and its influence on the character of the people. It will bring about some benefit and improvement to human society.

Albert Einstein

Believe, Character, Destiny

Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis.

Albert Einstein

Strong, Character, Temptation

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Attitude, Character

Albert Einstein's speech made in honor of Thomas Mann, when Mann was given the Einstein Prize given by the Jewish Forum (January 1939), as quoted in Abraham Pais "Einstein Lived Here" (p. 214), 1994.

It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.

Albert Einstein

Character, Fate, Science

Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.35, Open Road Media

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution.

Albert Einstein

Strong, Attitude, Character

Speech made in honor of Thomas Mann, January 1939.

Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and exceptionally high-minded communities, rise to any considerable extent above this level. But there is a third stage of religious experience which belongs to all of them, even though it is rarely found in a pure form: I shall call it cosmic religious feeling. It is very difficult to elucidate this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding to it.

Albert Einstein

Religious, Character, Community

"Religion and Science", New York Times Magazine, November 9, 1930.

It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.

Albert Einstein

Memorable, Character, Abhorrent

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.434, Princeton University Press

...Intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce something valuable for the community.

Albert Einstein

Character, Community, Time Capsules

Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.18, Broadway Books

An important advance in the life of a people is the transformation of the religion of fear into the moral religion. But one must avoid the prejudice that regards the religions of primitive peoples as pure fear religions and those of the civilized races as pure moral religions. All are mixed forms, though the moral element predominates in the higher levels of social life. Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of the idea of God.

Albert Einstein

Character, Race, Ideas

Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Einstein on Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms”, p.47, Courier Corporation

It is an outcome of faith that nature-as she is perceptible to our five senses-takes the character of such a well formulated puzzle.

Albert Einstein

Nature, Character, Five Senses

Albert Einstein (2011). “The Theory of Relativity: and Other Essays”, p.15, Open Road Media

Scientific greatness is less a matter of intelligence than character; if the scientist refuses to compromise or accept incomplete answers and persists in grappling the most basic and difficult questions.

Albert Einstein

Character, Greatness, Difficult Questions

Albert Einstein Quotes about Character

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