인터넷에 오른 아인슈타인의 학교 성적표를 보고 거의 모든 과목에서 낙제점을 받았다는 게 사실은 사실인가 보다 했는데, 이는 스위스 성적 체계와 독일의 그것이 반대인 것을 혼동한 초기 전기 작가의 오해에 기인한다는 주장이 있다. 그러니까 6점이 최하점수가 아니고, 최고란다.
그럼에도 불구하고 그가 왜 이런 말들을 남겼는지..
"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former."
혜안(재치?)이 엿보이는 말들, 경고성 발언까지 ㅎ...
"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value."
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity."
"The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
"The man of science is a poor philosopher."
"I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures."
글 출처: http://www.redbubble.com/groups/painters-universe/forums/9799/topics/198643-albert-einstein
사진 출처: http://bobwise.tumblr.com/post/5894827109/albert-einsteins-report-card-from-his-secondary
아인슈타인의 성적이 좋았던 적도 있다는 주장을 담은 기사도 있긴하다.
(http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/14/science/einstein-revealed-as-brilliant-in-youth.html?pagewanted=all)
