Born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein developed the special and general theories of relativity. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. He died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey.
Albert Einstein navigated the twilight turf between consciousness and matter for much of his life. He argued that “Man” suffers from an “optical delusion of consciousness” as he “experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest.” His cure? “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious,” he said. “It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed.”
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” -Albert Einstein
36 Life Lessons by Albert Einstein
1. Follow Your Curiosity
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
2. Perseverance is Priceless
“It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer.”
3. Focus on the Present
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
4. The Imagination is Powerful
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
5. Make Mistakes
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
6. Live in the Moment
“I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.”
7. Create Value
“Try not to become a man of success but rather become a man of value.”
8. Don't be repetitive
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
9. Knowledge Comes From Experience
“Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.”
10. Learn the Rules and Then Play Better
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
11. “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”
12. “Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.”
13. “Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.”
14. “If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
15. “A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.”
16. “Love is a better teacher than duty.”
17. “If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.”
18. “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”
19. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
20. “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”
21. “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.”
22. “Force always attracts men of low morality.”
23. “Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.”
24. “A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.”
25. “Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”
26. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
27. “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”
28. “Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”
29. “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
30. “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
31. “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.”
32. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
33. “Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.”
34. “Never lose a holy curiosity.”
35. “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.”
36. “The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.”
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