Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
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- Letter to his son Eduard (5 Feb 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson's Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), p.367.
- Letter to his son Eduard
- 1930 · Berlin · Fatherly life-advice letter
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Albert EinsteinWeakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.Albert EinsteinEvery reference-body (co-ordinate system) has its own particular time; unless we are told the reference-body to which the statement of time refers, there is no meaning in a statement of the time of an event.Albert EinsteinThe four-dimensional mode of consideration of the “world” is natural on the theory of relativity, since according to this theory time is robbed of its independence.Albert EinsteinAs a consequence of its motion the clock goes more slowly than when at rest.Albert EinsteinLook deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.Albert EinsteinMore on perseverance
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
ConfuciusNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao TzuSlow and steady wins the race.
AesopPatience is the key to relief.Arabic proverbDrops of water hollow out a stone.
OvidFew things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Samuel Johnson
ConfuciusNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.Lao TzuSlow and steady wins the race.AesopPatience is the key to relief.Arabic proverbDrops of water hollow out a stone.OvidFew things are impossible to diligence and skill.Samuel Johnson