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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

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God always takes the simplest way.

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The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive le...more

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Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

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Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

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I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to apprec...more

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My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with ...more

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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a...more

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But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however...more

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Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and exc...more

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I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.

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My religiosity consists of a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive wit...more

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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

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Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.