The important thing is not to stop questioning. — Albert Einstein · Smartyfair

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein1879–1955 · scientist · 1900s Germany & USAAlbert Einstein was a physicist who changed how space, time, and gravity are understood, publishing his groundbreaking theory of relativity in the early 1900s while working as an unknown patent clerk in Switzerland.10 quotes

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Whatever else you do, keep asking questions.

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What turned up: LIFE magazine, "Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity'" by William Miller, May 2, 1955
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