Albert Einstein on Harmonization

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Well, I do not think that it is necessarily the case that science and religion are natural opposites. In fact, I think that there is a very close connection between the two. Further, I think that science without religion is lame and, conversely, that religion without science is blind. Both are important and should work hand-in-hand. It seems to me that whoever doesn’t wonder about the truth in religion and in science might as well be dead.

“Science and Religion,” Ideas and Opinions, pages 41-49, New York: Crown Publishers, 1954

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