Time Is Relative; Its Only Worth Depends

When The Nazis Came To Power, I Looked To The Universities That Prided Themselves Upon Their Intellectual Freedom, And They Failed Me. I Looked To The German Press, Which Prided Itself On The Freedom Of The Press, And It Failed Me. Until At Last The Churches Stood Alone, And That For Which I Once Had Little Regard Earned My Respect.

Chess Holds Its Master In Its Own Bonds, Shackling The Mind And Brain So That The Inner Freedom Of The Very Strongest Must Suffer.

Good Acts Are Like Good Poems. One May Easily Get Their Drift, But They Are Not Rationally Understood.

Even Trivial Events Demonstrate Strong Devotion To The Universe And Small Concern For Ego.

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.