Knowledge Is Limited.

If I Had Foreseen Hiroshima And Nagasaki, I Would Have Torn Up My Formula In 1905.

The Scientist's Religious Feeling Takes The Form Of A Rapturous Amazement At The Harmony Of Natural Law, Which Reveals An Intelligence Of Such Superiority That, Compared With It, All The Systematic Thinking And Acting Of Human Beings Is Utterly Insignificant Reflection. This Feeling Is The Guiding Principle Of His Life And Work, In So Far As He Succeeds In Keeping Himself From The Shackles Of Selfish Desire. It Is Beyond Question Closely Akin To That Which Has Possessed The Religious Geniuses Of All Ages.

The Desire For Guidance, Love, And Support Prompts Men To Form The Social Or Moral Conception Of God. This Is The God Of Providence, Who Protects, Disposes, Rewards, And Punishes; The God Who, According To The Limits Of The Believer's Outlook, Loves And Cherishes The Life Of The Tribe Or Of The Human Race, Or Even Of Life Itself; The Comforter In Sorrow And Unsatisfied Longing; He Who Preserves The Souls Of The Dead. This Is The Social Or Moral Conception Of God.

We All Try To Escape Pain And Death, While We Seek What Is Pleasant.

I Would Not Think That Philosophy And Reason Themselves Will Be Man's Guide In The Foreseeable Future; However, They Will Remain The Most Beautiful Sanctuary They Have Always Been For The Select Few.