I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of intuition and inspiration in decision-making rather than relying solely on certainty or knowledge.
Albert Einstein's quote reflects the notion that while he values his intuitive feelings and inspirations, he acknowledges that certainty in knowledge is elusive. It suggests a humility in understanding, recognizing that intuition can guide us, but it does not guarantee absolute truth. This perspective encourages individuals to trust their instincts while remaining open to the ambiguity of knowledge.
In practice
Using this quote during a seminar on intuitive leadership.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes.
I remember once going to see him [Ramanujan] when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi-cab No. 1729, and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavourable omen. "No," he replied, "it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as a sum of two cubes in two different ways."
Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently.
Not until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend.
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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