The Only Thing That You Absolutely Have

It Seems To Me That The Idea Of A Personal God Is An Anthropological Concept Which I Cannot Take Seriously. I Feel Also Not Able To Imagine Some Will Or Goal Outside The Human Sphere. My Views Are Near Those Of Spinoza: Admiration For The Beauty Of And Belief In The Logical Simplicity Of The Order Which We Can Grasp Humbly And Only Imperfectly. I Believe That We Have To Content Ourselves With Our Imperfect Knowledge And Understanding And Treat Values And Moral Obligations As A Purely Human Problem-the Most Important Of All Human Problems.

Nature Hides Her Secrets Because Of Her Essential Loftiness, But Not By Means Of Ruse.

You Imagine That I Look Back On My Life's Work With Calm Satisfaction. But From Nearby It Looks Quite Different. There Is Not A Single Concept Of Which I Am Convinced That It Will Stand Firm, And I Feel Uncertain Whether I Am In General On The Right Track.

Enjoying The Joys Of Others And Suffering With Them-these Are The Best Guides For Man.

Galileo Had Already Made A Significant Beginning Toward A Knowledge Of The Law Of Motion. He Discovered The Law Of Inertia And The Law Of Bodies Falling Freely In The Gravitational Field Of The Earth.