The highest principles for our aspirations and judgements are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation…

Quote by Albert Einstein

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How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which...

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which...

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when...

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when...

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point...

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point...

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this...

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this...

Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows,...

Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows,...

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a...

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a...

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an...

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the...

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made...

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made...

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the...

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the...

Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified...

Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified...

[My] deep religiosity... found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading...

[My] deep religiosity... found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading...

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

The only source of knowledge is experience

The only source of knowledge is experience

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name...

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name...

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.

They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their...

They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their...