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E Idea Of A Personal God Is Quite Alien To Me And Seems Even Naive. However, I Am Also Not A "freethinker" In The Usual Sense Of The Word Because I Find That This Is In The Main An Attitude Nourished Exclusively By An Opposition Against Naive Superstition. My Feeling Is Insofar Religious As I Am Imbued With The Consciousness Of The Insuffiency Of The Human Mind To Understand Deeply The Harmony Of The Universe Which We Try To Formulate As "laws Of Nature." It Is This Consciousness And Humility I Miss In The Freethinker Mentality. Sincerely Yours, Albert Einstein.

This Crippling Of Individuals I Consider The Worst Evil Of Capitalism. Our Whole Educational System Suffers From This Evil. An Exaggerated Competitive Attitude Is Inculcated Into The Student, Who Is Trained To Worship Acquisitive Success As A Preparation For His Future.

The Longing To Behold This Pre-established Harmony [of Phenomena And Theoretical Principles] Is The Source Of The Inexhaustible Patience And Perseverance With Which Planck Has Devoted Himself ... The State Of Mind Which Enables A Man To Do Work Of This Kind Is Akin To That Of The Religious Worshiper Or The Lover; The Daily Effort Comes From No Deliberate Intention Or Program, But Straight From The Heart.

Realising The Healthy International Relations Can Be Created Only Among Populations Made Up Of Individuals Who Themselves Are Healthy And Enjoy A Measure A Independence, The United Nations Elaborated A Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Which Was Adopted By The U.n. General Assembly On December 10, 1948.

A Large Part Of Our Attitude Toward Things Is Conditioned By Opinions And Emotions Which We Unconsciously Absorb As Children From Our Environment. In Other Words, It Is Tradition—besides Inherited Aptitudes And Qualities—which Makes Us What We Are. We But Rarely Reflect How Relatively Small As Compared With The Powerful Influence Of Tradition Is The Influence Of Our Conscious Thought Upon Our Conduct And Convictions.