God Quotes
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
"God is subtle but he is not malicious."— Albert Einstein
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Meaning of this quote
The saying expresses confidence that nature's laws may be difficult to uncover but are not deliberately designed to deceive us.
Key takeaway:
Keep investigating a puzzling result before assuming it has no intelligible pattern.
Origin of the quote
English variant of Einstein's German saying Subtle is the Lord, but malicious he is not.
Who actually said this?
Related remark is documented, but this God is subtle formulation varies from cited translations. Do not infer a literal theological position from the shortened line.
