What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the World.
Interpretation
Einstein questions the autonomy of God in creation, suggesting a deeper inquiry into the nature of existence.
In this quote, Albert Einstein reflects on the concept of divine choice in the act of creation, indicating that what truly captivates him is understanding the extent to which God may or may not have had agency in shaping the world. This illustrates a philosophical exploration of determinism versus free will, inviting deeper thought on the implications of creation and existence.
In practice
In a discussion about the nature of existence during a philosophy class.
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.
Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it.
Why did we become blind, I don't know, perhaps one day we'll find out, Do you want me to tell you what I think, Yes, do, I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.
Yet, mad am I not β and very surely do I not dream.
There is indeed the possibility that the evolutionary process has, in gray antiquity, bred into us an excess of aggression.
Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God - truly know Him - is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him.
Crime generally punishes itself.
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