First you must have faith in an eternal world independent of you; then you must have faith in your ability to perceive it, and finally you must try to explain it by means of concepts or mathematical constructions. But don't always accept traditional concepts without reexamining them. Even overthrow my relativity theory, if you find a better one.... You must believe that the world was created as a unified whole which is comprehensible to man. Of course, it's going to take an infinitely long time to investigate this unified creation. But to me that is the highest and most sacred duty—unifying physics. Simplicity is the criterion of the universe.


p. 139 - Einstein and the Poet (1983)

Albert Einstein Quotes

First you must have faith in an eternal world independent of you; then you must have faith in your ability to perceive it, and finally you must try...

First you must have faith in an eternal world independent of you; then you must have faith in your ability to perceive it, and finally you must try...

First you must have faith in an eternal world independent of you; then you must have faith in your ability to perceive it, and finally you must try...

First you must have faith in an eternal world independent of you; then you must have faith in your ability to perceive it, and finally you must try...