A Quote by Albert Einstein

God does not play dice [with the universe]. [Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

Albert Einstein

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Dice Does God Play Universe

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Albert Einstein
German - Physicist
March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955

As a man is, so is his God; therefore God was so often an object of mockery. [Ger., Wie einer ist, so ist sein Gott, Darum ward Gott so oft zu Spott.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Not only does God play dice with the universe, He's using loaded dice.

John Ford

So Einstein was wrong when he said, "God does not play dice." Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.

Stephen Hawking

A God-intoxicated man. [Ger., Gott-trunkener Mensch.]

Novalis

Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. God is subtle, but he is not malicious.

Albert Einstein

Beloved brother, let us not forget that man can never get away from himself. [Ger., Lass uns, geliebter Bruder, nicht vergessen, Dass von sich selbst der Mensch nicht scheiden kann.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To blow is not to play on the flute; you must move the fingers. [Ger., Blasen ist nicht floten, ihr musst die Finger bewegen.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A God comprehended is no God. (Ein begriffener Gott ist kein Gott.)

Gerhard Tersteegen

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.

Paul Erdos

God does not play dice.

Albert Einstein

Not only does God play dice with the world He does not let us see what He has rolled.

Stanislaw Lem

God moves in extremely mysterious, not to say, circuitous ways. God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, ie., everybody, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.

Terry Pratchett

Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Stephen Hawking

No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore, "For God's sake," others to assist. [Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein Egoist Und thut nicht leicht um Gottes Willen, Was einem Andern nutzlich ist.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.

Stephen Hawking

Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht in den Himmel wachsen.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe