Saturday, May 17, 2008

Einstein at his Best!




I am back to my motherland India!!


Almost every act of mine reminds me of my wonderful times in Germany, be it the need to switch on a cooling agent while bearing the intense heat here, to finding no need to wait for the green signal on road crossings..)


The last one year has added one more entry in Germany born renowned physicst Albert Einstein's fan list!!

Well that fan is me..

There are some quotes by him for the benefit of the common man!!

1. Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.


2. As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.


3. A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.


4. I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever.


5. I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.


6. I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.


7. Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.


8. Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.


9. It is a scale of proportions which makes the bad difficult and the good easy.


10. I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.


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9 comments:

Rita Loca said...

I recently read his biography and enjoyed it very much!

Mukul said...

Hey !! nice collection....number 3,8 and 10 definately apply to me...what about you ?

Jas said...

"...to finding no need to wait for the green signal on road crossings..)" - Pooja

"Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order." - Einstien's very first quote in same post

:) :) :P

Welcome back to motherland, in peak of summers!! :D
Maybe you would appreciate how huge difference great Himalayas have made to north India, something which you don't see anywhere else in world. They awe me for the geo, for the spiritualism, for the history, for religion and about a thousand other things!

Pilot-Pooja said...

Thats great dear Jungle Mom! A great utilization of time!

Thanks Mukul, hmm this will help me know you more!!! very true , they surely hold true for me too..I have always loved happiness, Maths and my curiosity..( for very few things though)...

Hey Jas..thanks a ton frd for reading the post with so much of patience..Himalayas are awesome, something we r really proud of!

Office hardly leaves any time for me to blog..Lets hope i still manage to post once a week!

Anjali Damerla said...

I like #5 " --Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world--"

I am of the opinion that Imagination is very important, especially for kids. We don't encourage it enough.

Pilot-Pooja said...

Same pinch Anjali dear!

No wonder, we think alive.. point 5 is one of my favorites too~~

Unknown said...

# 10 is a great one ..its just the quest for information that makes a person stand apart from others, given the same resources.
Good one, Pooja!!

Pilot-Pooja said...

Thanks a ton Sara!!

I too value the curiosity of mind a lot!

Jas said...

being a piscean i surely m inclined the most to 5!
imagination -> creation