“This delicate little plant [curiosity], aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom.
Albert Einstein
Autobiographical Notes (Primary source)
In this essay Einstein offer a reflective, philosophical account of his intellectual development rather than a personal memoir.
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“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.”
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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— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
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