Book Excerpt: Albert Einstien, Out of My Later Years, Secaucus: Citadel Press (1956): p. 16, 19, 22, 23

Attributes: Albert Einstein:

"It is equally clear that knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. One can have the clearest and most complete knowledge of what is, and yet not be able to deduct from that what should be the goal of our human aspirations. Objective knowledge provides us with powerful instruments for the achievements of certain ends, but the ultimate goal itself and the longing to reach it must come from another source".

"The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition"

"As far as I can see, there is one consideration which stands at the threshold of all moral teaching. If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking self satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for all of them taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery".

"... moral conduct does not mean merely a stern demand to renounce some of the desired joys of life, but rather a sociable interest in a happier lot for all men".