Your dream is wonderful--what a problem! I can just see the patient, smiling students waiting for you to explain everything...

I thought about you the other day, because there's a new biography about Einstein out, and his thoughts about religion are fascinating. I wish I could remember the exact quote, but he said that behind all the science is something "ephemeral and mysterious" that is [numinous] to him. He also said that the most beautiful thing is the love of the mysterious.