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A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would in...more

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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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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, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a...more

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One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

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It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal Go...more

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The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's image...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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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who ...more

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sp...more

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sp...more

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I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research.

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The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of t...more

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How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology? In my...more