愛因斯坦致青年的信

O Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom? Do you know that all your ancestors felt as you do - and fell victim to trouble and hatred? Do you know, also, that your fervent wishes can only find fulfillment if you succeed in attaining love and understanding of men, and animals, and plants, and stars, so that every joy becomes your joy and every pain your pain? Open your eyes, your hearts, your hands, and avoid the poison your forebears so greedily sucked in from History. Then will all the earth be your fatherland, and all your work and effort spread forth blessings.

Albert Einstein

哦，青年：你們可知道，你們這一代并不是渴望無比美好自由的生活的第一代?你們可知道，你們的祖祖輩輩和你們感受相同--卻成為煩惱和仇恨的犧牲品?還有，你們可知道，如果你們確實獲得了世人、動物、植物還有星晨的愛和理解，結果各種喜悅成為你們的喜悅，各種痛苦成為你們的痛苦，你們那些熱切的愿望才能得以實現?睜開你們的眼睛，敞開你們的心靈，張開你們的雙手，要免遭你們的先人在歷史上十分貪婪地吸取的毒害。那么普天之下到處都是你們的祖國，你們所有的工作和努力都會遍地開花，造福天下。