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If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science; if we show it in forms whose interrelashionships are not accessible to our conscious thought but we are intuitively

If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science; if we show it in forms whose interrelashionships are not accessible to our conscious thought but we are intuitively recognized as meaningful, we are doing art.

Albert Einstein
Meaningful, Art, Logic

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Albert Einstein
Inspirational, Peace, War
Albert Einstein (2017). “Einstein on Peace”, p.184, Pickle Partners Publishing

The longing to behold this pre-established harmony [of phenomena and theoretical principles] is the source of the inexhaustible patience and perseverance with which Planck has devoted himself ... The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.

Albert Einstein
Perseverance, Religious, Hard Work

What I see in Nature is a grand design that we can understand only imperfectly, one with which a responsible person must look at with humility.

Albert Einstein
Humility, Design, Looks

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.

Albert Einstein
God, Religious, Atheist
Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.95, Princeton University Press

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “You are blessed doublee if you are in love” - honeya “Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Albert Einstein
Valentines Day, Falling In Love, Blessed

The essentials of being a person of my type lies precisely in what they think and how they think, not in what they do. Your thoughts shape you.

Albert Einstein
Lying, Thinking, Essentials

The goal of pacifism is possible only though a supranational organization. To stand unconditionally for this cause is the criterion of true pacifism.

Albert Einstein
Organization, Goal, Causes
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.258, Princeton University Press

When a blind beetle crawls over the surface of a globe he doesn't notice that the track he has covered is curved. I was lucky enough to have spotted it.

Albert Einstein
Track, Interesting, Lucky
Attributed in "Albert Einstein: A Documentary Biography" by Carl Seelig, (p. 80), 1956.

To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by science, for this doctrine can always take refuge in those domains in which scientific knowledge has not yet been able to set foot.

Albert Einstein
Truth, Real, Dark
"Science, Philosophy and Religion, A Symposium" by Albert Einstein, www.einsteinandreligion.com. 1941.

Only a life lived for others is a life worth while . I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious . I want to know God's thoughts... all the rest are details. Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Albert Einstein
Beautiful, Smart, Joy

Classical thermodynamics ... is the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced ... will never be overthrown.

Albert Einstein
Science, Theory, Universal

Even though the realms of religion and science in themselves are clearly marked off from each other, nevertheless there exist between the two strong reciprocal relationships and dependencies.

Albert Einstein
Strong, Two, Science And Religion
Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.23, Open Road Media

Although words exist for the most part for the transmission of ideas, there are some which produce such violent disturbance in our feelings that the role they play in the transmission of ideas is lost in the background.

Albert Einstein
Play, Ideas, Feelings

The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.

Albert Einstein
Dogma, Theology, Cosmic

My only refuge, as a serious young man, from the despair of my financial burden to my family, is that I did everything I could to never permit myself any amusements or diversions except those afforded by my studies.

Albert Einstein
Men, Despair, Serious

Overpopulation in various countries has become a serious threat to the health of people and a grave obstacle to any attempt to organise peace on this planet

Albert Einstein
Country, People, Population

Insofar as we may at all claim that slavery has been abolished today, we owe its abolition to the practical consequences of science

Albert Einstein
Slavery, May, Today
Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.15, Open Road Media

... one does people the best service by giving them some elevating work to do and thus indirectly elevating them.

Albert Einstein
Work, People, Giving
Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.171, Open Road Media

I could say analogously that tolerance is the affable appreciation of qualities, views, and actions of other individuals which are foreign to one`s own habits, beliefs, and tastes. Thus being tolerant does not mean being indifferent towards the actions and feelings of others. Understanding and empathy must also be present.

Albert Einstein
Appreciation, Mean, Views
Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.89, Princeton University Press

Hell! there ain't no rules around here! We are tryin' to accomplish somep'n!

Albert Einstein
Academic Life, Goal, Innovation

Solutions to tough problems should be made as simple as possible - and no simpler.

Albert Einstein
Simple, Tough, Problem

The ways of creation are wrapt in mystery. We may only marvel, and bow our head.

Albert Einstein
May, Way, Bows

The most evident difference springs from the important part which is played in man by a relatively strong power of imagination and by the capacity to think, aided as it is by language and other symbolically devices.

Albert Einstein
Strong, Spring, Power
Albert Einstein (1956). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, Gramercy

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation.

Albert Einstein
Causality, Action, Spirituality
Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.66, Princeton University Press

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