Matter Is Energy ... Energy

Man Has An Intense Desire For Assured Knowledge.

Common Sense Invents And Constructs No Less Than Its Own Field Than Science Does In Its Domain. It Is, However, In The Nature Of Common Sense Not To Be Aware Of This Situation.

I Should Much Rather See Reasonable Agreement With The Arabs On The Basis Of Living Together In Peace Than The Creation Of A Jewish State. My Awareness Of The Essential Nature Of Judaism Resists The Idea Of A Jewish State With Borders, An Army, And A Measure Of Temporal Power, No Matter How Modest. I Am Afraid Of The Inner Damage Judaism Will Sustain—especially From The Development Of A Narrow Nationalism Within Our Own Ranks, Against Which We Have Already Had To Fight Strongly, Even Without A Jewish State.

I Believe Serious Progress (in The Abolition Of War) Can Be Achieved Only When Men Become Organized On An International Scale And Refuse, As A Body, To Enter Military Or War Service.

How Was I Able To Live Alone Before, My Little Everything? Without You I Lack Self-confidence, Passion For Work, And Enjoyment Of Life--in Short, Without You, My Life Is No Life. [written To His Wife, Mileva]