Albert Einstein Quotes about Reflection

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The harmony of natural law reveals an Intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

The harmony of natural law reveals an Intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

Albert Einstein

Reflection, Thinking, Law

Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.28, Open Road Media

But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy.

Albert Einstein

Reflection, Destiny, Ties

Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.8, Broadway Books

It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.

Albert Einstein

Memorable, Reflection, Important

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.432, Princeton University Press

Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

Albert Einstein

Beautiful, Memorable, Reflection

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.239, Princeton University Press

the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages.

Albert Einstein

Religious, Selfish, Reflection

Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.182, Open Road Media

Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Life, Reflection

Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.8, Broadway Books

To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is a something that our mind cannot grasp and whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly and as a feeble reflection, this is religiousness. In this sense I am religious.

Albert Einstein

Religious, Reflection, Mind

Speech to the German League of Human Rights, Berlin (Autumn 1932); as published in "Einstein: A Life in Science" by Michael White and John Gribbin, 1994.