More and more I come to value charity and love of one's fellow being above everything else...All our lauded technological progress-our very civilization-is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal.

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Attribution note

No reliable primary or scholarly source confirms this exact wording as Albert Einstein's. It is widely circulated under his name and is listed as commonly attributed.

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This wording, beginning "More and more I come to value charity and love…," circulates under Einstein's name and focuses on value, charity, fellow. No strong source for the exact text was found, so the page presents it as commonly attributed while still explaining its practical connection to love and motivation.

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  • Use "More and more I come to value charity and love…" in a love discussion, then ask which concrete claim the wording makes.
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