“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead —his eyes are closed. The insight into the mystery of life, coupled though it be with fear, has also given rise to religion. To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms—this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.”
More from Albert Einstein
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.”
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”