The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Source: Albert Einstein, Statement to William Miller, as quoted in LIFE magazine (2 May 1955). Complete Sentence: The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It Read More…

The important thing is not to stop questioning. … Never lose a holy curiosity. … Don’t stop to marvel.

Source: Albert Einstein, Statement to William Miller, as quoted in LIFE magazine (2 May 1955). Complete Sentence: The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It Read More…

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Source: Albert Einstein, in a letter to Jost Winteler, c.1901. Highfield, Roger; Carter, Paul (1994). Original Quote: Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

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The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Source: Albert Einstein, Letter to Adrianna Enriques (October 1921).

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.

Source: Albert Einstein, in response to not knowing the speed of sound as included in the Edison Test: New York Times (18 May 1921). Complete Sentence: [I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. …The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts Read More…

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Source: Albert Einstein, Conducting Meaningful Interpretation: A Field Guide for Success, Fulcrum Publishing, 2006, page: 154.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. – Albert Einstein

Source: Einstein’s razor is an essay by Roger Sessions in the New York Times (8 January 1950). Original Sentence: It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single Read More…