Morality And Religion

Man would indeeded be

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Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death. Albert Einstein

I do not believe

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I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. Albert Einstein

A man’s ethical behaviour

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A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death. Albert Einstein

If people are good

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If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein

The further the spiritual

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The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge. Albert Einstein