To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty... this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.
Interpretation
The essence of true spirituality lies in recognizing and appreciating the profound truths of existence.
This quote by Albert Einstein emphasizes that true religiousness stems from an understanding and appreciation of the complexities and beauties of life that are beyond human comprehension. It suggests that the most profound wisdom and beauty are rooted in acknowledging the mysteries of existence which elude our full understanding, and that this awareness brings a deeper sense of spirituality and connection to the universe.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of embracing life's mysteries.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
What one side considers a defense the other considers a threat. In the vortex of the struggle, each is trapped by his own fearful outlook and by his fear of the other; each moves and is moved within a circle both vicious and lethal.
There's a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values.
Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
When my father started talking about strip mining in the Appalachia back in the '60s, I remember a conversation I had with him where he said, you know, this is the richest state in the country if you look at the resources and the land, but the poorest people after the state of Mississippi: the 49th poorest people in the country.
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