Author: Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is known for his profound scientific
theories, though his theories tend to require a high level of knowledge
pertaining to physics and mathematics and remain inaccessible to the majority
of people. In fact, I recently tried reading a copy of his book “Relativity: The Special and General Theory” and found it nearly impossible for
me to digest so quickly switched over to “The World As I See It”, a collection
of essays and writings encompassing a variety of subjects. I was surprised at
the variety of subjects in the book and it’s nice to see writings outside of
disciplines regularly associated with Einstein.
Religion can be a touchy subject so I’ll let this quote
speak for itself:
I cannot conceive of a
God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the type of which
we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who should survive his physical
death is also beyond my comprehension, nor do I wish it otherwise; such notions
are for the fears or absurd egoism of feeble souls. Enough for me the mystery
of the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvellous structure of
reality, together with the single-hearted endeavour to comprehend a portion, be
it never so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature.
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