Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.
Interpretation
Maintain a sense of curiosity and wonder throughout life, regardless of age.
Albert Einstein emphasizes the importance of remaining curious and engaged with the world around us, likening the essence of life to a 'Great Mystery'. This perspective encourages individuals to embrace knowledge and exploration, like children, even as they age physically, thereby enriching their lives and fostering a lifelong love for learning.
In practice
In a motivational speech about lifelong learning, this quote reminds the audience to never lose their sense of curiosity.
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.
Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.
You have to trust yourself, not research. Not testing. Testing helps, but you have to trust your own taste. If your taste says something isn't any good, don't let research rationalize that out of its own truth.
Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
Problems are not my problem. It's not what happens to me but what happens in me that matters.
Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.
Sufering is only intolerable when nobody cares. One continually sees that faith in God and his care is made infinitely easier by faith in someone who has shown kindness and sympathy.
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