Preface, Second edition (21 June 1849), added in response to some controversies and rumors caused by the publication of the first edition of his novel. There were no changes made in the text of the novel itself.
The Nemesis of Faith (1849)
“The Wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims.”
Letter (7 August 1941) discussing responses to his essay "Science and Religion" (1941), p. 97
Attributed in posthumous publications, Einstein and Religion (1999)
Context: I was barked at by numerous dogs who are earning their food guarding ignorance and superstition for the benefit of those who profit from it. Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics and comes from the same source. They are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against the traditional "opium for the people"—cannot bear the music of the spheres. The Wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims.
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Albert Einstein
(1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Written statement (September 1937), p. 70
Attributed in posthumous publications, Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1979)
Context: Our time is distinguished by wonderful achievements in the fields of scientific understanding and the technical application of those insights. Who would not be cheered by this? But let us not forget that human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth. What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.
What these blessed men have given us we must guard and try to keep alive with all our strength if humanity is not to lose its dignity, the security of its existence, and its joy in living.
“One does not become fully human painlessly.”
Rollo May
(1909–1994) US psychiatrist
Foreword to Existential-Phenomenological Alternatives for Psychology (1978) by Ronald S. Valle and Mark King
C. West Churchman
(1913–2004) American philosopher and systems scientist
Source: 1960s - 1970s, The Systems Approach and Its Enemies (1979), p. 53
"Nonmoral Nature", pp. 42–43
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes (1983)
“Only by being a man or woman for others does one become fully human.”
Pedro Arrupe
(1907–1991) Twenty-eighth Superior General of the Society of Jesus
'Men for Others' http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/men-for-others.html, 1973, Valencia, Spain
“Only by being cultivated does a human being … become altogether human and permeated by humanity.”
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
(1772–1829) German poet, critic and scholar
Nur durch die Bildung wird der Mensch, der es ganz ist überall menschlich und von Menschheit durchdrungen.
“Ideas,” Lucinde and the Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991), § 65
Starhawk
(1951) American author, activist and Neopagan
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979)
J.M. Coetzee
(1940) South African writer
“ Animals can't speak for themselves - it's up to us to do it! http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/animals-cant-speak-for-themselves--its-up-to-us-to-do-it/2007/02/21/1171733841769.html,” in theage.com.au (February 22, 2007)