A lot of people have heard famous Einstein gems like “God doesn’t play dice.” But the man who could simplify the most profound secret of the universe down to three letters: E=MC(2) was also pretty amazing at tossing out aphorisms that get directly to the heart of everyday wisdom. He said, “You can’t solve the problems of today with the thinking that got you there.” I wish the Democrats and Republicans sometimes remembered that one. And for all the people out there who think that high tech and the Internet are unmitigated tools of human progress, Einstein would remind you that “My biggest fear is that our technology is exceeding our humanity.”
The other day, I read another pithy little pearl: “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
He has so many more. For all of us on the planet, he will forever be a gift that keeps on giving.