Religious Quotes by Albert Einstein

The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously.

— Albert Einstein

In every true searcher of Nature there is a kind of religious reverence.

— Albert Einstein

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.

— Albert Einstein

I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.

— Albert Einstein

I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.

— Albert Einstein

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

— Albert Einstein

To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor.

— Albert Einstein

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

— Albert Einstein

“In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this religious feeling and keep it alive…

— Albert Einstein

In every true searcher of Nature there is a kind of religious reverence, for he finds it impossible to imagine that he…

— Albert Einstein

But if the longing for the achievement of the goal is powerfully alive within us, then shall we not lack the strength…

— Albert Einstein

What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking…

— Albert Einstein

As to science, we may well define it for our purpose as "methodical thinking directed toward finding regulative connections between our sensual…

— Albert Einstein

The contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation (...)The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the…

— Albert Einstein

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

Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics and comes…

— Albert Einstein

For the moral attitudes of a people that is supported by religion need always aim at preserving and promoting the sanity and…

— Albert Einstein

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering…

— Albert Einstein

.. free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of…

— Albert Einstein

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own --…

— Albert Einstein

A conflict arises when a religious community insists on the absolute truthfulness of all statements recorded in the Bible. This means an…

— Albert Einstein

What is the meaning of human life, or, for that matter, of the life of any creature? To know the answer to…

— Albert Einstein

It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also…

— Albert Einstein

the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of…

— Albert Einstein

The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God…

— Albert Einstein

The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the power of all true art and science. He to…

— Albert Einstein

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

Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and…

— Albert Einstein

I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience…

— Albert Einstein

e idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive. However, I am also not a "Freethinker"…

— Albert Einstein

I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.

— Albert Einstein

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.

— Albert Einstein

The most important function of art and science is to Awaken the cosmic religious feeling and keep it alive.

— Albert Einstein

"One becomes a deeply religious nonbeliever...". It is clear from the original that it is definitely not "I".

— Albert Einstein

Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward…

— Albert Einstein

A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects and goals…

— Albert Einstein

I am of the opinion that all the finer speculations in the realm of science spring from a deep religious feeling, and…

— Albert Einstein

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness…

— Albert Einstein

A conviction akin to religious feeling of the rationality or intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a high…

— Albert Einstein

It is quite clear to me that the religious paradise of youth, which [I] lost, was a first attempt to free myself…

— Albert Einstein