Albert Einstein was not only one of the greatest physicists of all time, but also famous for his words of wisdom. Students often approached Einstein with their problems and he would be more than willing to help.
The following are just a few of Einstein's wise sayings that will encourage and inspire you to be all that you can be.
1. Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. (In a letter to high school student Barbara Lee Wilson in 1943).
2. I do not carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. (In response to not knowing the speed of sound).
Einstein also similarly said, "The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think".
3. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Einstein wrote this gem of an advice in a letter to his son - Eduard, dated 5 February 1930.
4. If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut. (Said to Samuel J Woolf in 1929).
5. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (1929)
Einstein's imagination led him to discover new theories in physics. For example, once when he was sitting in his office, Einstein thought: If a person falls freely, he will not feel his own weight. This thought pushed Einstein to a new theory of gravitation.
6. Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas; he must burst it open, and that in his youth, and so try to test his ideas on reality.
7. I have only two rules which I regard as principles of conduct. The first is: Have no rules. The second is: Be independent of the opinion of others. 1930
8. Never lose a holy curiosity. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little bit of mystery each day. Don't stop to marvel.
9. Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.
10. I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Clearly, Nobel prize winning scientist Albert Einstein had a knack for solving problems - be it in physics or in life in general. He continues to inspire millions of people every day.
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