10 golden life lessons from Albert Einstein – Quotes and Inspirations

By Ozge Ozkaya | May 22, 2010 | 3,289 views | Articles

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Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany. and died April 18, 1955. Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist who is widely considered to have been the greatest physicist of all time. He was best known for the theory of relativity and specifically the formula, mass-energy equivalence, E = mc2, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921, for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

Albert Einstein has long been considered a genius by the masses. He was a theoretical physicist, philosopher, author, and is perhaps the most influential scientists to ever live.

Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.”

He’s published more than 300 scientific works and over 150 non-scientific works. Einstein is considered the father of modern physics and is probably the most successful scientist there ever was.

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.”
   “I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”

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.”
   “Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”
   “Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”

4. The Imagination is Powerful

   “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
   “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

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

   “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”

8. Don’t Expect Different Results

   “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.”

More quotes from Einstein:
“God does not play dice with the universe.”
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”
“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.”
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
“Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as [Gandhi] ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.”
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
“A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of 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 the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive.”

Quotes from Shri Mataji about Einstein:
“Like Einstein has said that there’s an area beyond our human mind which is called as Torsion Area. And all the truths, absolute truths are known when you enter into that Torsion Area. This Torsion Area has different names. For example in Sanskrit it’s called as Paramchaitanya. In the Koran it’s called as Ruh. In every religion it has been described. But as you know religion also what it has taken in many different shapes in the hands of human beings. Human beings have a speciality of spoiling everything.”