Leopold Infeld Quotes

• Einstein uses his concept of God more often than a Catholic priest. Once I asked him:
  'Tomorrow is Sunday. Do you want me to come to you, so we can work?'
  'Why not?'
  'Because I thought perhaps you would like to rest on Sunday.'
  Einstein settled the question by saying with a loud laugh: 'God does not rest on Sunday either.'

  Leopold Infeld

  God, Sunday, Laughing

  Leopold Infeld (1941). “Quest: The Evolution of a Scientist”

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• Nearly every understanding is gained by a painful struggle in which belief and unbelief are dramatically interwoven.

  Leopold Infeld

  Struggle, Science, Understanding

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• It must be good to die in Toronto. The transition between life and death would be continuous, painless and scarcely noticeable in this silent town. I dreaded the Sundays and prayed to God that if he chose for me to die in Toronto, he would let it be on a Saturday afternoon to save me from one more Toronto Sunday.

  Leopold Infeld

  Sunday, Life And Death, Transition

  Leopold Infeld (1980). “Quest: An Autobiography”, p.324, American Mathematical Soc.

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