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TRIVIA FOR EINSTEIN

Topics: Concentration; Discipline; Focus; Priorities; Values

Reference: 1 Corinthians 10:31

A student once asked Albert Einstein how many feet were in a mile. He was astonished when Einstein replied, “I don’t know.”

The student was sure the great professor was joking. Surely Einstein would know a simple fact that every schoolchild is required to memorize. When the student pressed for an explanation, the professor declared, “I make it a rule not to clutter my mind with simple information that I can find in a book in five minutes.”

Albert Einstein was not interested in trivial data. His passion was to explore the deep things of the universe. And his passion for mathematical and physical truth made him a pivotal fixture in world history.

—R. C. Sproul Jr., In the Presence of God (Word, 1999)