The harmony of natural law reveals an Intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.
Albert EinsteinThe contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation (...)The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the religious paradise; but it has shown itself reliable, and I have never regretted having chosen it.
Albert EinsteinChess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer.
Albert EinsteinInsofar as mathematics is true, it does not describe the real world. Insofar as it describes the real world, it is not true.
Albert EinsteinHonestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for instance, that I will something or other; but what relation this has with freedom I cannot understand at all. I feel that I will to light my pipe and I do it; but how can I connect this up with the idea of freedom? What is behind the act of willing to light the pipe ? Another act of willing?
Albert Einstein