A transcript of an intensely riveting conversation between two great minds of the last century, Albert Einstein & Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Tag: Einstein
The best way to learn anything [Letters]
Few would disagree that Einstein knew what he was talking about. Maria Popova discovers a letter he wrote his 11 year old son with some advice
“That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes.”
Albert Einstien on Personal Liberty [Video]
Albert Einstein became a refugee from his native Germany after the Nazi’s rose to power. Listen to this rare recording of him speaking on individual liberty – a pertinent topic of our times.
We are concerned not merely with the technical problem of securing and maintaining peace, but also with the important task of education and enlightenment. Without such reason there would have been no Shakespeare, no Goethe, no Newton, no Pasteur”
Einstien & Gandhi [Article]
To my mind, the last century’s two great men were Einstein & Gandhi. Gandhi had an immense influence on Einstein, a fact he expressed several times. Albert Einstein Expresses His Admiration for Mahatma Gandhi, in Letter and Audio