Timeless Einstein

It became apparent in my readings of Einstein over many years that he recognized that physicists and other scientists needed to be philosophers first and foremost. Philosophy created the passion for scientific exploration. Here then are some timeless, Einstein quotes on the subject.

What is the meaning of human life, or for that matter, of the life of any creature? To know an answer to this question means to be religious. You ask: Does it make any sense then, to pose this question? I answer: The man that regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life.

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Our actions should be based on the ever-present awareness that human beings in their thinking, feeling and acting are not free but are just as causally bound as the stars in their motion. 

                                                                                                                                                                                 - 1932

Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man ... In this way the pursuit of science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort, which is indeed quite different from the religiosity of someone more naive.

                                                                                                                                                                                   - 1936

It is people that make me seasick – not the sea. But I am afraid that science has yet to find a solution for this ailment. 

                                                                                                                                                                                   - 1930