Over the years, Albert Einstein's name became synonymous with genius. During his lifetime, Einstein changed the world by explaining how reality works better than anyone since Isaac Newton. In 1999, Time magazine named him its Man of the Century.
But besides explaining various theories of how the world works, the man who gave the world some of the most precious knowledge in many fields also taught lessons about life, man, happiness, work and other everyday pleasures.
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- To confuse respect with authority, this is the greatest enemy of truth.
- I am Jewish by origin, I have Swiss citizenship, I am a human being by composition and however I am only a human being, without any special connection to any country or nationality.
- As long as mathematical laws refer to reality, they are not certain, if they are certain, then they do not refer to reality.
-As a human being, one has enough intelligence to see clearly how inadequate that intelligence is when faced with what exists.
- Understanding is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices put into our minds before the age of 18.
-If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X, Y is play, and Z is keeping your mouth shut.
- Nationalism is an infant disease. It is the measles of the human race.
- The most beautiful experience we can have is mystery. It is the essential emotion that lies at the heart of true art and science. He who does not wander to contemplate is almost dead and his eyes are dull.
- My sensitivity to justice and social responsibility has always met the opposition of my need for contact with other human beings and communities. I am 'a lonely traveller' and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends or my family with all my heart. In the face of these connections, I always felt distance and a need for solitude.
- Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination comes around the world.
-Most teachers waste time asking questions that are intended to find out what a student does not know. The real art of questioning is finding out what the learner knows or is capable of knowing.
-The average adult never thinks about space-time problems. I, on the contrary, developed so slowly that in adulthood I began to wonder about space and time. Thus, I entered this problem more deeply than any adult or child.
- One thing I have learned from this long life: that our science, compared to reality, is primitive and childish and yet, it is the most precious thing we have.
- The only way to escape from the harmful effect of a praise is to continue the work.
-The ideals that have guided my path and that have occasionally given me the courage to face life cheerfully, have been decency, beauty and truth.
- The goal of education should be the training of action and independent thought in individuals, who see service to the community as their biggest problem in life.
Nothing of value grows out of ambition or a sense of duty, values spring from love and devotion to people and to objective things.
-I rarely think in words. A thought comes and then I try to put it into words.
- A happy man is too satisfied with the present to be too involved in the future.
- It is important not to stop asking. Curiosity has its own raison d'être.
-The state of mind which enables a man to do a work of this kind... is similar to that of a believer or a lover. Daily effort does not come from any goal or program, but from the heart.