I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Interpretation
Persistence in thought can lead to correct conclusions despite frequent failures.
This quote by Albert Einstein emphasizes the importance of perseverance in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. It conveys that even after numerous attempts that lead to incorrect conclusions, the value lies in continuing to think critically and creatively until the correct answer emerges. Einstein highlights that success often comes after a series of failures, underscoring the idea that dedication and resilience are essential in any intellectual endeavor.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming challenges and pushing through difficulties.
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.
Cautiousness in judgment is nowadays to be recommended to each and every one: if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient.
Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.
These are the living springs of great thoughts and great actions. Everything grows clear in the reflections from the Infinite.
I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand.
When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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