"One may say "the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.""
— Understanding

January 1, 1970

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The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility … The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle. — As quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson, p. 462. In the original essay "The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle" appears at the end of the paragraph that follows the paragraph in which "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility" appears.