"What is essential in the life of..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
What is essential in the life of a man of my kind is what he thinks and how he thinks, and not what he does or suffers.
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“The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.”
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
“Hard knocks have a place and value, but hard thinking goes farther in less time.”
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“Some poems are for holidays only. They are polished and sweet, but it is the sweetness of sugar, and not such as toil gives to sour bread. The breath with which the poet utters his verse must be that by which he lives.”
“One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.”