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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.

Albert Einstein
Inspirational, God, Spiritual
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.330, Princeton University Press

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.

Albert Einstein
Motivational, God, Math
"Quest: An Autobiography". Book by Leopold Infeld (p. 279), 1980.

Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?

Albert Einstein
Society, Crime, Individual
Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.99, Broadway Books

Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal its horrors. They indoctrinate children with hatred. I would teach peace rather than war, love rather than hate.

Albert Einstein
Teacher, Children, Hate
Albert Einstein (2017). “Einstein on Peace”, p.184, Pickle Partners Publishing

Politics is far more complicated than physics.

Albert Einstein
Politics, Physics, Complicated

Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll.... It does not mean that everything in life is relative.

Albert Einstein
Children, Mean, Play

Incompetence is the true crisis.

Albert Einstein
Incompetence, Crisis

... a person who is religiously enlightened appears to me to be one who has, to the best of his ability, liberated himself from the fetters of his selfish desires and is preoccupied with thoughts, feelings, and aspirations to which he clings because of their superpersonal value.

Albert Einstein
Selfish, Feelings, Religion
Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.22, Open Road Media

Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.

Albert Einstein
Truth, Justice, Community

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

Albert Einstein
Christian, Religious, Principles
Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.20, Open Road Media

It is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this religious stock of ideas contains dogmatically fixed statements on subjects which belong in the domain of science.

Albert Einstein
Religious, Ideas, Religion
Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.50, Broadway Books

Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?

Albert Einstein
Jesus, Abuse, Selfishness
Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.24, Open Road Media

Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.

Albert Einstein
Mean, Law, Physics
"Albert Einstein, 14 March, 1879-18 April 1955: A guide for the perplexed". Book by Albert Einstein, 1979.

I am strongly drawn to the simple life and am often oppressed by the feeling that I am engrossing an unnecessary amount of the labour of my fellow men. I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. I also consider that plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally.

Albert Einstein
Simple, Men, Class
Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.168, Open Road Media

I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force.

Albert Einstein
Class, Differences, Justice
Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.13, Open Road Media

The state was made for man, not man for state.

Albert Einstein
Men, States, Made

It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry.

Albert Einstein
Education, Mistake, Believe
Albert Einstein, Stephen W. Hawking (2007). “A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein”, p.346, Running Press

Most people stop looking when they find the proverbial needle in the haystack. I would continue looking to see if there were other needles.

Albert Einstein
Uplifting, People, Needles

A person experiences life as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison, and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness.

Albert Einstein
Inspirational, Life, Yoga

We should be on our guard not to overestimate science and scientific methods when it is a question of human problems, and we should not assume that experts are the only ones who have the right to express themselves on questions affecting the organization of society.

Albert Einstein
Organization, Scientific Method, Experts
Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.8, Open Road Media

Although I tried to be universal in thought, I am European by instinct and inclination.

Albert Einstein
Instinct, Universal, Inclination
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.15, Princeton University Press

The cult of individual personalities is always, in my view, unjustified. To be sure, nature distributes her gifts variously among her children. But there are plenty of the well-endowed ones too, thank God, and I am firmly convinced that most of them live quiet, unregarded lives.

Albert Einstein
Children, Views, Personality
Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.33, Open Road Media

Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.

Albert Einstein
Believe, Men, Tyrants
Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.14, Open Road Media

I have become rather like King Midas, except that everything turns not into gold but into a circus.

Albert Einstein
Kings, Gold, Circus

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Albert Einstein
Inspirational, Being Yourself, Heart
"The World As I See It (Letter to a Friend of Peace)". Book by Albert Einstein, 1949.

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