Albert Einstein Quotes On Spirituality
Jun 2, 2017 12:07:38 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Just for thought....
I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.
The scientists’ religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.
There is no logical way to the discovery of elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; It is the source of all true art and science.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of T***h and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
God does not play dice with the universe.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences 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, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.
The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books—-a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism.
The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ... that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men.
The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.
Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man.
I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.
The scientists’ religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.
There is no logical way to the discovery of elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; It is the source of all true art and science.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of T***h and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
God does not play dice with the universe.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences 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, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.
The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books—-a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism.
The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ... that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men.
The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.
Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man.
Jun 2, 2017 13:33:39 #
slatten49 wrote:
Just for thought.... br br I want to know how... (show quote)
Hello Slatten,
I would like to hear your own personal thoughts on spirituality.
Jun 2, 2017 15:48:26 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Wolf counselor wrote:
Hello Slatten,
I would like to hear your own personal thoughts on spirituality.
I would like to hear your own personal thoughts on spirituality.
Hello, Wolf.
I give much thought to Einstein's comments on spirituality as well as those of others, but find it difficult to convey my own. Mine seem to fall within the realms of 'live and let live' and the Golden Rule. If a more adequate explanation of "my own personal thoughts on spirituality" comes to me, I will respond as best I can. It had actually been my hope to read of others thoughts on the above quotes.
Jun 3, 2017 06:41:31 #
Alicia
Loc: NYC
slatten49 wrote:
Just for thought.... br br I want to know how... (show quote)
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Einstein was a spiritual man but not too keen on religions that needed churches. From my readings, he believed in a power but without all the mysticism that so-called religious people prefer. His pursuit of science is proof that he did not believe in the "God theory" which automatically assumes that, if a quick answer could not be found, it was beyond man and was mystical. I do believe that he lived up until the beginning of the 20th century and passed before the introduction of the Big Bang theory.
Jun 3, 2017 11:47:04 #
Alicia wrote:
************************** br Einstein was a spiri... (show quote)
"To the one who has faith no explanation is necessary, but to the one who does not have faith no explanation is possible." Thomas Aqunius
Faith is a gift of God to the person who is seeking God. It can only be given through God's only begotten Son, Jesus The Christ. It is a special invitation extended to all who ever inhabited this earth. Some do not believe this but Psalms 19 tells us that the creation of God declares the Glory of God. All man has to do is recognize this and seek God and His Holy Spirit will seek you out and offer you an opportunity to receive His gift of life by acknowledging His Son as your Lord and Savior. The only way for escaping the eventual wrath of God.
Since the scriptures in John 4 tells us that God is a Spirit, that tells us that there are 2 reigns we must recognize, the physical and the Spiritual.
" God is God and He makes all the rules and man is responsible for them whether he chooses to or not." Donald Gray Barnhouse
Jun 3, 2017 12:43:43 #
GOD (GOD of the Bible) is not a figment of man's imagination... GOD is real.
Man is a figment of GOD's imagination... thus, man is real.
Man is a figment of GOD's imagination... thus, man is real.
Jun 3, 2017 15:57:31 #
slatten49 wrote:
Just for thought.... br br I want to know how... (show quote)
dam you Slat
just when I was feelin kinda superior to it all
now I feel really insignificant
Jun 3, 2017 16:45:38 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
badbobby wrote:
dam you Slat
just when I was feelin kinda superior to it all
now I feel really insignificant
just when I was feelin kinda superior to it all
now I feel really insignificant
Golly gee & heck, BB. For a Sailor, you're top-notch
Jun 3, 2017 22:16:08 #
Sounds like he missed Jesus, who said, "I am the way, the t***h, and the life....No one comes to God the Father but through Me."
He is a wonderful Saviour and is alive and well !!!
He is a wonderful Saviour and is alive and well !!!
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