"Everybody has certain ideals which determine the direction of his endeavors and his judgments. In this sense I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty."
Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions
THIS PART: “Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research … “
Einstein was always ahead of his time, but I don’t think even he realized how prescient he was being when he wrote these words. Because this, this internet, this connected web of minds and media, this shared learning experience … THIS is the fellowship of men and women of like mind! And I am thankful every day that we have it.
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"I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you."
Jonathan Safran Foer (via cavum)
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