“That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion.”
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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Albert Einstein, response to Alfred Kerr at Samuel Fischer's home in winter 1927, recalled by H. G. Kessler in 1971, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: Albert Einstein, response to Alfred Kerr at Samuel Fischer's home in winter 1927, recalled by H. G. Kessler in 1971
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