“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Ich habe keine besondere Begabung, sondern bin nur leidenschaftlich neugierig. <br class="br">Letter to Carl Seelig http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Seelig (11 March 1952), Einstein Archives 39-013 <br class="br">1950s
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
1920s, Viereck interview (1929)
Donald Miller book Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality
Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)
“I am only a man: I need visible signs.”
Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator
"Veni Creator" (1961), trans. Czesław Miłosz and Robert Pinsky
City Without a Name (1969)
Context: I am only a man: I need visible signs.
I tire easily, building the stairway of abstraction.
Many a time I asked, you know it well, that the statue in church
lift its hand, only once, just once, for me.
But I understand that signs must be human,
therefore call one man, anyone on earth,
not me — after all I have some decency —
and allow me, when I look at him, to marvel at you.
Munir Butt (1940–2015) British diplomat
Speaking about Bill Clinton, Source: The Times, 1997.
“I have so much respect of his talent, his passion, the strength of his voice.”
Alejandro Fernández (1971) Mexican singer
Christina Aguilera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUkPfEc-8Ls
