'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is
blind.' So Einstein once wrote to explain his personal creed: 'A
religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt of the
significance of those super-personal objects and goals which nei-
ther require nor are capable of rational foundation.' His was not
a life of prayer and worship. Yet he lived by a deep faith—a faith
not capable of rational foundation—that there are laws of Nature
to be discovered. His lifelong pursuit was to discover them. His
realism and his optimism are illuminated by his remark: 'Subtle
is the Lord, but malicious He is not' ('Raffiniert ist der Herrgott
aber boshaft ist er nicht.'). When asked by a colleague what he
meant by that, he replied: 'Nature hides her secret because of her
essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse' ('Die Natur verbirgt
ihr Geheimnis durch die Erhabenheit ihres Wesens, aber nicht
durch List.').
kiana
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