An Essay by Einstein -- The World As...

Rated by alexko on Oct 17, 2:09pm

From the page: "Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and reverence from my fellow-beings, through no fault, and no merit, of my own. The cause of this may well be the desire, unattainable for many, to understand the few ideas to which I have with my feeble powers attained through ceaseless struggle."

Rated by StrayedGlance on Oct 11, 2:22pm

I never knew Einstein had such a wonderful way with words.

Rated by mily1986 on Oct 09, 10:01pm

I like this article,it is full of wisdom of human being.Hope more people can read it ,it will help you know your value in the objective world! I want to collect it and read for more time .

Rated by DavidJohns on Oct 09, 3:24am

ow strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own h

Rated by Relapsing on Oct 07, 5:47pm

Great story. Superb story. Read it and THINK.

Rated by PaleZoe on Oct 07, 7:56am

"My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. I am truly a 'lone traveler' and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart; in the face of all these ties, I have never lost a sense of distance and a need for solitude..."