The Ancients Knew Something, Which We Seem

An Important Advance In The Life Of A People Is The Transformation Of The Religion Of Fear Into The Moral Religion. But One Must Avoid The Prejudice That Regards The Religions Of Primitive Peoples As Pure Fear Religions And Those Of The Civilized Races As Pure Moral Religions. All Are Mixed Forms, Though The Moral Element Predominates In The Higher Levels Of Social Life. Common To All These Types Is The Anthropomorphic Character Of The Idea Of God.

Before God We Are All Equally Wise - And Equally Foolish.

One Thing I Have Learned In A Long Life: That All Our Science, Measured Against Reality, Is Primitive And Childlike -- And Yet It Is The Most Precious Thing We Have.

[misquotation; Not By Einstein.] If Only I Had Known, I Should Have Become A Watchmaker. [apparently Remorseful For His Role In The Development Of The Atom Bomb.]

In One's Youth Every Person And Every Event Appear To Be Unique. With Age One Becomes Much More Aware That Similar Events Recur. Later On, One Is Less Often Delighted Or Surprised, But Also Less Disappointed Than In Earlier Years.