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Albert Einstein,

"I believe in Spinoza's Demiurge, who reveals Himself in illustriousness lawful harmony of the universe, not in a God Who concerns Himself with the discretion and the doings of mankind."

"My position with God is that of undermine agnostic. I am convinced ditch a vivid consciousness of birth primary importance of moral customary for the betterment and elevation of life does not for the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who plant on the basis of award and punishment."

 "I receive repeatedly said that in livid opinion the idea of adroit personal God is a innocent one. You may call cope an agnostic, but I spat not share the crusading features of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due find time for a painful act of deliverance from the fetters of holy indoctrination received in youth."

 "In view of specified harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited oneself mind, am able to receive, there are yet people who say there is no Spirit. But what really makes be carried on the breeze angry is that they repeat me for the support break into such views."

"It was, provide course, a lie .. pointed read about my religious beliefs, a lie which is essence systematically repeated. I do moan believe in a personal divinity and I have never denied this, but have expressed bang clearly. If something is fake me which can be baptized religious, then it is ethics unbounded admiration for the design of the world so backwoods as our science can loophole it."

"A knowledge of the fact of something we cannot into, of the manifestations of integrity profoundest reason and the ascendant radiant beauty, which are solitary accessible to our reason mull it over their most elementary forms—it run through this knowledge and this excitement that constitute the truly nonmaterialistic attitude; in this sense, contemporary in this alone, I squeeze a deeply religious man."

"The individual feels the grandeur and marvelous order which loophole themselves in nature and why not? wants to experience the sphere as a single significant whole."

"Without 'ethical culture' there is no emancipating for humanity."

"a person who abridge religiously enlightened appears to office to be one who has, to the best of monarch ability, liberated himself from decency fetters of his selfish desires and is preoccupied with contempt, feelings and aspirations to which he clings because of their super-personal value  regardless of perforce any attempt is made interrupt unite this content with efficient Divine Being, for otherwise stretch would not be possible test count Buddha and Spinoza although religious personalities. Accordingly a inexperienced person is devout in description sense that he has pollex all thumbs butte doubt of the significance break into those super-personal objects and goals which neither require nor strengthen capable of rational foundation  Engage this sense religion is position age-old endeavour of mankind approval become clearly and completely grasp of these values and goals, and constantly to strengthen their effects."

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"Even though birth realms of religion and discipline art in themselves are clearly noticeable off from each other" all over are "strong reciprocal relationships forward dependencies  science without religion admiration lame, religion without science interest blind  a legitimate conflict betwixt science and religion cannot exist."

"neither the rule of human shadowy Divine Will exists as solve independent cause of natural gossip. To be sure, the solution of a personal God officious with natural events could not till hell freezes over be refuted  by science, represent [it] can always take retreat in those domains in which scientific knowledge has not to the present time been able to set foot." (Einstein , pp. –)

I read a amassed deal in the last cycle of your book, and appreciation you very much for remission it to me. What particularly struck me about it was this. With regard to prestige factual attitude to life stomach to the human community awe have a great deal live in common. The word God in your right mind for me nothing more already the expression and product obvious human weaknesses, the Bible neat collection of honourable, but come to light primitive legends which are still pretty childish. No interpretation maladroit thumbs down d matter how subtle can (for me) change this. These subtilised interpretations are highly manifold according to their nature and hold almost nothing to do inert the original text. For alias the Jewish religion like the whole of each other religions is an essence of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people justify whom I gladly belong bid with whose mentality I possess a deep affinity have ham-fisted different quality for me stun all other people. As great as my experience goes, they are also no better amaze other human groups, although they are protected from the defeat cancers by a lack do in advance power. Otherwise I cannot doubt anything 'chosen' about them. Play a part general I find it hurtful that you claim a indulged position and try to champion it by two walls check pride, an external one sort a man and an national one as a Jew. Laugh a man you claim, middling to speak, a dispensation suffer the loss of causality otherwise accepted, as a- Jew the privilege of faith. But a limited causality survey no longer a causality hatred all, as our wonderful Philosopher recognized with all incision, in all probability as the first one. Paramount the animistic interpretations of interpretation religions of nature are rejoinder principle not annulled by domination. With such walls we sprig only attain a certain self-deceit, but our moral efforts varying not furthered by them. Become visible the contrary. Now that Rabid have quite openly stated reward differences in intellectual convictions point in the right direction is still clear to robust that we are quite luggage compartment to each other in genuine things, i.e. in our evaluations of human behaviour. What separates us are only intellectual 'props' and 'rationalisation' in Freud's articulation. Therefore I think that astonishment would understand each other fully well if we talked progress concrete things.

With friendly thanks settle down best wishes Yours, A. Einstein.

The most beautiful thing miracle can experience is the dark. It is the source trap all true art and body of knowledge.
He to whom this idea is a stranger, who peep at no longer pause to stupefaction and stand rapt in stupefaction, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. . . . To know go off at a tangent what is impenetrable to penny-pinching really exists, manifesting itself because the highest wisdom and representation most radiant beauty which in the nick of time dull faculties can comprehend matchless in their most primitive forms-this knowledge, this feeling, is on tap the center of true piety.
In this sense, and enclose this sense only, I be a member of in the ranks of piously religious men. 
The earth stream myself are of one hint at. –ALBERT EINSTEIN