The Traditional Religions Worry Me. Their Long

It Is Harder To Crack Prejudice Than An Atom.

As I Look Back Over The Truly Crucial Events In My Life I Realize That They Were Not Planned Long In Advance. Albert Einstein Said, 'there Are Only Two Ways To Live Your Life. One Is As Though Nothing Is A Miracle. The Other Is As Though Everything Is.'

It Seems To Me That The Idea Of A Personal God Is An Anthropological Concept Which I Cannot Take Seriously. I Feel Also Not Able To Imagine Some Will Or Goal Outside The Human Sphere. My Views Are Near Those Of Spinoza: Admiration For The Beauty Of And Belief In The Logical Simplicity Of The Order Which We Can Grasp Humbly And Only Imperfectly. I Believe That We Have To Content Ourselves With Our Imperfect Knowledge And Understanding And Treat Values And Moral Obligations As A Purely Human Problem-the Most Important Of All Human Problems.

My Life Is A Simple Thing That Would Interest No One. It Is A Known Fact That I Was Born, And That Is All That Is Necessary.

Common Sense Is Nothing More Than A Deposit Of Prejudices Laid Down By The Mind Before You Reach Eighteen.