Quotes About Philosophy

I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene….No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus.

The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against traditional religion as the opium of the masses—cannot hear the music of the spheres.

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.

I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern without any superhuman authority behind it.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we are born.

Do you really believe that the moon isn't there when nobody looks?

Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll. It does not mean that everything in life is relative.

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher(when asked about completing his income tax form)

You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.

Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value, elly judgments of all kinds remain necessary.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

I cannot conceive of a great scientist without this profound faith: Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the foreseeable future; however, they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few.

One must divide one's time between politics and equations. But our equations are much more important to me, because politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity.

Nonsense, seems to sum up everything.

The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naïve.

Es gibt zwei Arten sein Leben zu leben: entweder so, als wäre nichts ein Wunder, oder so, als wäre alles eines. Ich glaube an Letzteres.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Of all the communities available to us, there is not one I would want to devote myself to except for the society of the true seekers, which has very few living members at any one time.