July 17, 2011

A quote from Albert Einstein

Another brief post.  I'm still working on the next (very long) post.  In the meantime, mull over this beautiful quote by Albert Einstein.  You could see this as a nod in the general direction of the next post.


"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity. In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man... I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence -- as well as the humble attempt to understand even a tiny portion of the Reason that manifests itself in nature." 


2 comments:

  1. "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - Einstein

    "All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree." - Einstein

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  2. Also great quotes! Einstein was a brilliant man...I want to read more about him and his life some day.

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