"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts."
With every quote I analyze, I see more of the disgust Einstein had for the way people allow themselves to be led through life by the other members of society.
To Einstein, life was about discovery and learning, and about each person finding his or her own way to interpret how things work and why they do.
As beautiful as that idea may be, I'm not sure it's within the capabilities of the average human. I'm entirely supportive of everyone being able to do what they want and being free to mess up on their own, so long as their means of finding happiness do not harm others.
I also think that those lines of thinking are what formed the USA. When the founding fathers endorsed Jefferson's words with their signatures- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. " Declaration of Independence- they were defining the purpose of the government: to protect the rights of the people. Not to provide for them throughout their lives, not to make sure everyone has everything they want, but to protect the natural born rights of the citizens who have given their agreement to be protected and to not violate the rights of others.
Perhaps it is the growth of the control of communication that has dulled the individuality in people across the country. America is coming out of an incredibly difficult stage: conformism.
But good news for my generation: we're too hard-headed to let it continue on with us.
With every quote I analyze, I see more of the disgust Einstein had for the way people allow themselves to be led through life by the other members of society.
To Einstein, life was about discovery and learning, and about each person finding his or her own way to interpret how things work and why they do.
As beautiful as that idea may be, I'm not sure it's within the capabilities of the average human. I'm entirely supportive of everyone being able to do what they want and being free to mess up on their own, so long as their means of finding happiness do not harm others.
I also think that those lines of thinking are what formed the USA. When the founding fathers endorsed Jefferson's words with their signatures- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. " Declaration of Independence- they were defining the purpose of the government: to protect the rights of the people. Not to provide for them throughout their lives, not to make sure everyone has everything they want, but to protect the natural born rights of the citizens who have given their agreement to be protected and to not violate the rights of others.
Perhaps it is the growth of the control of communication that has dulled the individuality in people across the country. America is coming out of an incredibly difficult stage: conformism.
But good news for my generation: we're too hard-headed to let it continue on with us.
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