That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion.
Interpretation
Einstein expresses awe for the mysteries of nature that go beyond human understanding.
In this quote, Albert Einstein reflects on the existence of forces in nature that are beyond human comprehension. He emphasizes a sense of reverence for these mysterious elements, suggesting that the inability to fully understand them does not negate their reality; rather, it deepens his appreciation and forms the basis of his personal belief system.
In practice
During a scientific conference discussing the limits of human understanding in science.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.
I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity.
We make an idol of truth itself; for truth apart from charity is not God, but His image and idol, which we must neither love nor worship.
My advanced age has taught me the resignation of being Borges.
For if we allow that human life is always guided by reason, we destroy the premise that life is possible at all.
The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.
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