"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the [mysterious]. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. This insight into the mystery of life, coupled though it be with fear, has also given rise to religion. To know that what is [impenetrable to us] really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which [our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms]— this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong in the ranks of devoutly religious men." Albert Einstein
— From Living Philosophies, 1931
— From Living Philosophies, 1931
Quis ut Deus?