It Has Become Appallingly Obvious

[when Asked "dr. Einstein, Why Is It That When The Mind Of Man Has Stretched So Far As To Discover The Structure Of The Atom We Have Been Unable To Devise The Political Means To Keep The Atom From Destroying Us?"] That Is Simple, My Friend. It Is Because Politics Is More Difficult Than Physics.

For An Idea Which, At First, Does Not Seem Absurd, There Is No Hope.

Nothing That I Can Do Or Say Will Change The Structure Of The Universe. But Maybe, By Raising My Voice, I Can Help The Greatest Of All Causes — Good Will Among Men And Peace On Earth.

This Change In The Conception Of Reality Is The Most Profound And The Most Fruitful That Physics Has Experienced Since The Time Of Newton. Refering To James Clerk Maxwell's Contributions To Physics.

If One Asks The Whence Derives The Authority Of Fundamental Ends, Since They Cannot Be Stated And Justified Merely By Reason, One Can Only Answer: They Exist In A Healthy Society As Powerful Traditions, Which Act Upon The Conduct And Aspirations And Judgments Of The Individuals; They Are There, That Is, As Something Living, Without Its Being Necessary To Find Justification For Their Existence.