“Great moral teachers of humanity were, in a certain sense, geniuses in the art of living more than in the art of thinking.”
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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions (1954), p. 12., but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions (1954), p. 12.
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This page records the wording "Great moral teachers of humanity were, in a certain sense,…," which centers on great, moral, teachers. A concrete trail points toward Einstein, but the exact English form remains unconfirmed; the page therefore labels it as attributed to him while preserving its education and creativity context.
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