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These Albert Einstein quotes take you right inside the mind of a true genius. The post 35 Brilliant Albert Einstein Quotes to Inspire You to Greatness appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Einstein's thought experiment as a 16-year-old student. Einstein's recollections of his youthful musings are widely cited because of the hints they provide of his later great discovery. However, Norton has noted that Einstein's reminiscences were probably colored by a half-century of hindsight.
Einstein gave a speech about racism in America, adding, I do not intend to be quiet about it. [166] A resident of Princeton recalls that Einstein had once paid the college tuition for a black student. [165] Einstein has said, Being a Jew myself, perhaps I can understand and empathize with how black people feel as victims of discrimination. [162]
Einstein believed the problem of God was the "most difficult in the world"—a question that could not be answered "simply with yes or no". He conceded that "the problem involved is too vast for our limited minds". [11] Einstein explained his view on the relationship between science, philosophy and religion in his lectures of 1939 and 1941:
On the subject of Einstein quotes on God and religion, the most complete compendium can be found in this list of quotes "Einstein the atheist on religion and God" by Coel Hellier, a Professor of Astrophysics at Keele University in the UK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ROO BOOKAROO (talk • contribs) 21:15, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Einstein is a favorite model for depictions of absent-minded professors; his expressive face and distinctive hairstyles have been widely copied and exaggerated. Time magazine's Frederic Golden wrote that Einstein was "a cartoonist's dream come true". [1] "Einstein" has become a byword for an extremely intelligent person.
"The important thing is knowing how to live. Learn a lesson from my mistakes. I had too much power before I knew how to use it and it defeated me in the end. It drove all sweetness out of my life except the affection of my children. My trouble was I was born too late for the last generation and too early for this one.
The book draws its title from a quote by Einstein that translates to "Subtle is the Lord, but malicious he is not". The quote is inscribed in stone at Princeton University , where Einstein made the statement during a 1921 visit to deliver the lectures that would later be published as The Meaning of Relativity . [ 10 ]