Albert Einstein, named by Time Magazine in 1999 as the “Person of the Century,” wrote his 1st scientific paper at age 15 and by age 21 earned his degree in physics. After graduation, he spent almost 2 years unsuccessfully looking for a teaching job in academia and through the help of a friend’s father, eventually landed a job with the Swiss patent office, where he continued to work, despite being passed over for a promotion. He continued to publish extraordinarily important scientific works including his famous “Theory of Relativity” and eventually held a series of jobs in ever more prestigious universities, from which he negotiated contractual clauses that enabled him devote a great deal more of his time to writing and publishing than to teaching.
Here are his famous quotations about knowledge:
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.”
“A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.”
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
“Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
A wonderful quote from Albert Einstein, who took great pleasure in Mozart’s violin sonatas.
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree."
"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual."
"All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions."
"An empty stomach is not a good political adviser."
"Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools."
"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue."
