Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.:274 Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 March 1879
CityUlm, Germany
CountryGermany
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man.
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
The only source of knowledge is experience.
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.
If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.