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I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.
Thomas Edison1847–1931The Freethinker (1970), G.W. Foote & Company, Volume 90, p. 147
I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
I want to know God’s thoughts…the rest are details.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
The more I study science, the more I believe in God.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
- Science
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Out of My Later Years (1950), Ch. 51 “The Goal of Human Existence” (1943)
- Intelligence
- Thinking
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 impenatrable 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 sent iment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself amoung profoundly religious men.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Mein Weltbild (My World-view) (1931)
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
God is clever, but not dishonest.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Remark during his first visit to Princeton University (April 1921), as quoted in R. W. Clark, Einstein (1973), Ch. 14
From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city, every village, and every rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Signing into law the phrase “One nation under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance (14 June 1954)
God created man to enjoy, not destroy, the fruits of the earth and of their own toil.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969The Chance for Peace (1953)
Atheism should always be encouraged (i.e. rationalistic not emotional atheism) for the sake of the Faith.
T. S. Eliot1888–1965Letter to Richard Aldington (24 February 1927)
- Atheism
- Faith
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.
T. S. Eliot1888–1965Ash-Wednesday (1930), IIn context
- Prayer