“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am.”
Albert Einstein
What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck (Secondary source)
George Sylvester’s interview with Albert Einstein.
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“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong.”
Albert Einstein
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
— Albert Einstein Secondary source“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike—and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. One could say that it has affected us quantitatively, not qualitatively.”
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“Understanding is a two-way street.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.”
— Vilfredo Pareto Primary source“Being able to recognize that you are wrong is a godsend.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.”
— Abraham Lincoln Primary sourceIntuition Inspiration Science Confidence