Since I have introduced this term I had always a bad conscience. . . . I cannot help to feel it strongly and I am unable to believe that such an ugly thing should be realized in nature.
Interpretation
Einstein expresses guilt about a term he coined, suggesting it represents something negative in nature.
In this quote, Albert Einstein reflects on the discomfort he feels about a concept he introduced, indicating that it has undesirable implications or connotations. His admission of a 'bad conscience' reveals his deep introspection and moral considerations regarding the impact of his work and ideas on the natural world, highlighting the tension between scientific advancement and ethical responsibility.
In practice
This quote can be used during a lecture on the ethical implications of scientific discoveries.
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.
After a short silence the doctor raised himself a little in his chair and asked if Tarrou had an idea of the path to follow for attaining peace. "Yes, he replied. "The path of sympathy.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
Though both are bound in the spiral dance, I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess.
The world says: "You have needs - satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.
Imaginative truth is the most immediate way of presenting ultimate reality to a human being... ultimate reality is what we call God.
After an error you need not only to remove the causes but also to correct the error itself: after a sin you must not only, if possible, remove the temptation, you must also go back and repent the sin itself. In each case an 'undoing' is required.
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