Albert Einstein Quotes about Teaching

The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's image; so that there can be no church whose central teachings are based on

The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's image; so that there can be no church whose central teachings are based on it. Hence it is precisely among the heretics of every age that we find men who were filled with this highest kind of religious feeling and were in many cases regarded by their contemporaries as atheists, sometimes also as saints. Looked at in this light, men like Democritus, Francis of Assisi, and Spinoza are closely akin to one another.

Albert Einstein

Religious, Atheist, Teaching

Albert Einstein (1995). “Ideas and Opinions”, Three Rivers Press

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as hard duty. Never regard study as duty but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Spiritual, Teaching

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

Albert Einstein

Teacher, Educational, Teaching

Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.67, Broadway Books

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.

Albert Einstein

Education, Mistake, Teaching

Albert Einstein (2008). “The Essential Einstein: His Greatest Works”, Penguin Group(CA)

The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the individual?

Albert Einstein

Teacher, Real, Teaching

Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.16, Open Road Media

In the teaching of geography and history a sympathetic understanding (should) be fostered for the characteristics of the different peoples of the world, especially for those who we are in the habit of describing as "primitive.

Albert Einstein

Teaching, Geography And History, Understanding

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.103, Princeton University Press

Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.

Albert Einstein

Education, Book, Teaching

Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.43, Open Road Media

When I think of the most able students I have encountered in my teaching - I mean those who have distinguished themselves not only by skill but by independence of thought - then I must confess that all have had a lively interest in epistemology.

Albert Einstein

Teaching, Mean, Thinking

In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or by the government; the right to work and to adequate earnings from work; freedom of discussion and teaching; adequate participation of the individual in the formation of his government. These human rights are nowadays recognised theoretically, although, by abundant use of formalistic, legal manoeuvres, they are being violated to a much greater extent than even a generation ago.

Albert Einstein

Teaching, Government, Talking

Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.35, Broadway Books

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

Teaching, Math, Science

"Obituary for Emmy Noether". Letter to the Editor of The New York Times, www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. May 5, 1935.

If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it enough.

Albert Einstein

Success, Teaching, Data

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of teaching have not yet entirely strangled that sacred spirit of curiosity and inquiry, for this delicate plant needs freedom no less than stimulation.

Albert Einstein

Teaching, Ignorance, Miracle