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About God, I Cannot Accept Any Concept Based On The Authority Of The Church... As Long As I Can Remember. I Have Resented Mass Indoctrination. I Cannot Prove To You There Is No Personal God, But If I Were To Speak Of Him, I Would Be A Liar. I Do Not Believe In The God Of Theology Who Rewards Good And Punishes Evil. His Universe Is Not Ruled By Wishful Thinking, But By Immutable Laws

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About God, I Cannot

Albert Einstein

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About God, I Cannot Accept Any Concept Based On The Authority Of The Church... As Long As I Can Remember. I Have Resented Mass Indoctrination. I Cannot Prove To You There Is No Personal God, But If I Were To Speak Of Him, I Would Be A Liar. I Do Not Believe In The God Of Theology Who Rewards Good And Punishes Evil. His Universe Is Not Ruled By Wishful Thinking, But By Immutable Laws

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God Gave Me The Stubbornness Of A Mule And A Fairly Keen Scent.

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Intelligence Is Not The Ability To Store Information, But To Know Where To Find It.

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I Learned Many Years Ago Never To Waste Time Trying To Convince My Colleagues.

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Feeling And Longing Are The Motive Forces Behind All Human Endeavor And Human Creations.

Everybody Felt His Superiority, But Nobody Felt Oppressed By It. Though He Had No Illusions About People And Human Affairs, He Was Full Of Kindness Toward Everybody And Everything. Never Did He Give The Impression Of Domineering, Always Of Serving And Helping. He Was Extremely Conscientious, Without Allowing Anything To Assume Undue Importance; A Subtle Humor Guarded Him, Which Was Reflected In His Eyes And In His Smile.

To Sense That Behind Anything That Can Be Experienced There Is A Something That Our Mind Cannot Grasp And Whose Beauty And Sublimity Reaches Us Only Indirectly And As A Feeble Reflection, This Is Religiousness. In This Sense I Am Religious.

Creative Energy Is More Critical Than Learning.

God Always Takes The Simplest Way.

Not Until The Creation And Maintenance Of Decent Conditions Of Life For All Men Are Recognized And Accepted As A Common Obligation Of All Men And All Countries — Not Until Then Shall We, With A Certain Degree Of Justification, Be Able To Speak Of Mankind As Civilized.

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Each Possession I Own Is But A Stone Around My Neck.

Generations To Come Will Find It Difficult To Believe That A Man Such As Gandhi Ever Walked The Face Of This Earth.

God May Be Subtle, But He Isn't Plain Mean.

Understanding Of Our Fellow Human Beings...becomes Fruitful Only When It Is Sustained By Sympathetic Feelings In Joy And Sorrow.

Arrows Of Hate Have Been Aimed At Me Too, But They Have Never Hit Me, Because Somehow They Belonged To Another World With Which I Have No Connection Whatsoever.

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