The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand in rapt awe, is as good as dead, a snuffed out candle. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is something that our minds cannot grasp, whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly: this is religiousness. In this sense only, I am a religious man.
2007-04-29 13:27:58 · 10 answers · asked by 5147 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He exeriences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassioon to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Albert E.
(from 'Ideas and Opinions', CrownPublishers, 1954)
2007-04-29 13:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-29 20:32:23 · answer #2 · answered by Superconductive Magnet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Kaiser Wilhelm II has a religion after him, so Einstein would not be a stretch.
2007-04-29 20:34:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least he thought "outside the box" on religious matters. And he did not equate science with religion. I've always admired him and it's great to learn this new quote of religion from him. Thanks..
2007-04-29 20:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Remus 54 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was one of the last scientists that I know of who was not afraid to show his spirituality. In his spiritual thought he reminds me a lot of Emerson, actually...you ought to read "Self-Reliance" if you haven't already. He was a man before his time.
2007-04-29 20:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by rabid_scientist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He may inspire. Just because he was excellent in mathematics doesn't make him good in philosophy of religion.
2007-04-29 20:32:56 · answer #6 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont feel like starting a new religion with him as the founder, but i do love many of his thoughts on science and religion
2007-04-29 20:32:34 · answer #7 · answered by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dunno. Einstein made some mistakes. Like that whole "nothing can move faster than the speed of light" thing, which has since been proven wrong.
2007-04-29 20:39:17 · answer #8 · answered by Huddy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rock on!
2007-04-29 20:33:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure... why not!
2007-04-29 20:31:13 · answer #10 · answered by Kadija S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋