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
As to science, we may well define it for our purpose as "methodical thinking directed toward finding regulative connections between our sensual… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is quite clear to me that the religious paradise of youth, which [I] lost, was a first attempt to free myself… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need… — 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
I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
"One becomes a deeply religious nonbeliever...". It is clear from the original that it is definitely not "I". — 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
I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What separates me from most so-called atheists is a feeling of utter humility toward the unattainable secrets of the harmony of the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The longing to behold this pre-established harmony [of phenomena and theoretical principles] is the source of the inexhaustible patience and perseverance with… — 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
The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Although I cannot believe that the individual survives the death of his body, feeble souls harbor such thought through fear or ridiculous… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking… — 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 am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Science not only purifies the religious impulse of the dross of its anthropomorphism but also contributes to a religious spiritualization of our… — 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
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