

“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
Traced to Letter to Barbara Lee Wilson (1943).
More from Albert Einstein
“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.”
Albert Einstein
The New York Times · 1921
verified“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
Albert Einstein
Science and Religion · 1941
verified“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.”
Albert Einstein
The World As I See It · 1949
verified“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
Albert Einstein
The New York Times · 1932
verified“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 is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”
Albert Einstein
Death of a Genius, LIFE magazine · 1955
verified“Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.”
Albert Einstein
LIFE magazine · 1955
verifiedMore Humor quotes
“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
Benjamin Franklin
Letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy · 1789
verified“When in doubt, tell the truth.”
Mark Twain
Following the Equator · 1897
verified“The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.”
Oscar Wilde
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young · 1894
verified“Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.”
Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance · 1893
verified“Oh, Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest what mischief thou hast done!”
Isaac Newton
Anecdote in St. Nicholas magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4 · 1878
likely“I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.”
Stephen Hawking
The Science of Second-Guessing, The New York Times · 2004
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