„Kevesen képesek nyugodtan kifejezni olyan véleményeket, amelyek eltérnek társadalmi környezetük előítéleteitől. A legtöbb ember nem is képes ilyen véleményt alkotni.”
Eredeti
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
The New Quotable Einstein
1950s, Essay to Leo Baeck (1953)
Albert Einstein 222
német-amerikai elméleti fizikus 1879–1955Hasonló idézetek
„Beszélgetni sok mindenkivel képes az ember, de hallgatni csak nagyon kevesekkel.”

Eredeti: So many people today — and even professional scientists — seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is — in my opinion — the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth.
Magyar Nemzetnek adott interjú, 2011.05.24. ( hoffmannrozsa.hu http://hoffmannrozsa.hu/oktatas/allando-pergotuzben-haladtunk)
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