The 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 insufficiency 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 Free-thinker mentality.


Letter to Beatrice F. in response to a question about whether he was a "free thinker" (17 December 1952), p. 121 - Einstein and Religion (1999)

Albert Einstein Quotes

The 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...

The 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...

The 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...

The 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...