There two things that are infinite, human stupidity and the universe, I don't know about the universe
Interpretation
This quote highlights the boundless nature of human folly in comparison to the vastness of the universe.
Albert Einstein's quote points out that while the universe is vast and incomprehensible, human stupidity is equally boundless. It serves as a reminder of the limitations of human understanding and the tendency for people to engage in foolish behavior, highlighting the absurdity of certain actions and thoughts that persist throughout history.
In practice
This quote can be used in a philosophical discussion about the nature of human understanding.
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.
It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice. What will be the good of cramming the high - sounding dicta of the scriptures? You have first to grasp the teachings of the Shastras, and then to work them out in practical life. Do you understand? This is called practical religion.
One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.
I can see in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden.
Spend too much time alone with your own words, and your writing grows anemic, in dire need of a transfusion.
But God is the God of our yesterdays, and He allows the memory of them to turn the past into a ministry of spiritual growth for our future. God reminds us of the past to protect us from a very shallow security in the present.
Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.
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