It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What is the meaning of human life, or, for that matter, of the life of any creature? To know the answer to… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
.. free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
For the moral attitudes of a people that is supported by religion need always aim at preserving and promoting the sanity and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own --… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, and religious scripture a collection of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that all the finer speculations in the realm of science spring from a deep religious feeling, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
While it is true that science, to the extent of its grasp of causative connections, may reach important conclusions as to the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation (...)The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In every true searcher of Nature there is a kind of religious reverence, for he finds it impossible to imagine that he… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A conflict arises when a religious community insists on the absolute truthfulness of all statements recorded in the Bible. This means an… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is difficult even to attach a precise meaning to the term "scientific truth." So different is the meaning of the word… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The basis of all scientific work is the conviction that the world is an ordered and comprehensive entity, which is a religious… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I see a pattern, but my imagination cannot picture the maker of that pattern. I see a clock, but I cannot envision… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the power of all true art and science. He to… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of Nature, and therefore this holds… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
