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On Apr 22, 2021Jeff wrote :
This is the part that Einstein actually wrote in his own hand:
“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is in the one issue of true religion. Not to nourish the delusion but to try to overcome it is the way to reach the attainable measure of peace of mind.”
--Albert Einstein from actual archival document of his draft of this quote, which he sent as a letter to his friend Robert S. Marcus on the occasion of his son passing away due to polio, on February 12, 1950
On Apr 22, 2021 Jeff wrote :
“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is in the one issue of true religion. Not to nourish the delusion but to try to overcome it is the way to reach the attainable measure of peace of mind.”
--Albert Einstein from actual archival document of his draft of this quote, which he sent as a letter to his friend Robert S. Marcus on the occasion of his son passing away due to polio, on February 12, 1950