The Point Is To Develop The Childlike

The Content Of Scientific Theory Itself Offers No Moral Foundation For The Personal Conduct Of Life.

Something Deeply Hidden Had To Be Behind Things.

Now To The Term 'relativity Theory.' I Admit That It Is Unfortunate, And Has Given Occasion To Philosophical Misunderstandings.

If I Would Be A Young Man Again And Had To Decide How To Make My Living, I Would Not Try To Become A Scientist Or Scholar Or Teacher. I Would Rather Choose To Be A Plumber Or A Peddler In Hope To Find That Modest Degree Of Independence Still Available Under Present Circumstances.

War Seems To Me To Be A Mean, Contemptible Thing: I Would Rather Be Hacked In Pieces Than Take Part In Such An Abominable Business. And Yet So High, In Spite Of Everything, Is My Opinion Of The Human Race That I Believe This Bogey Would Have Disappeared Long Ago, Had The Sound Sense Of The Nations Not Been Systematically Corrupted By Commercial And Political Interests Acting Through The Schools And The Press