“I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and noblest driving force behind scientific research.”

— Albert Einstein, "Religion and Science", The New York Times Magazine (9 November 1930)

About Albert Einstein

1879 – 1955

German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity. Beyond his scientific genius, Einstein left a wealth of philosophical reflections on curiosity, imagination, and humanity.

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“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”

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“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”

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“The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations.”

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“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”

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“Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.”

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“Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end.”

— Albert Camus

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