FastSaying

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."

(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

disagreementdissentequanimityexpressingknowledgeopinionsprejudicessocialsocietythought

Related Quotes

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
— Albert Einstein
CapableDifferEnvironment
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment
— Albert Einstein
AblilityDifferEinstein
A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.
— Albert Einstein
dissentindependent-thoughtscience
Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
— Albert Einstein
dissentfreedom-of-thoughtindependent-thought
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer: they exist in a healthy society
— Albert Einstein
AuthorityDoorFundamental