“Do not worry about your difficulties…” — Albert Einstein

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

— Albert Einstein (1879–1955), Letter to high school student Barbara Lee Wilson (7 January 1943), Einstein Archives 42-606

Courage and overcoming setbacks

What it means

Even Einstein found mathematics difficult. Struggle is not a sign that you do not belong; it is part of doing hard things.

Albert Einstein — German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955).

Source: Letter to high school student Barbara Lee Wilson (7 January 1943), Einstein Archives 42-606
Reference: Albert Einstein on Wikiquote
Checked: Wording and source taken from the sourced section of the author’s Wikiquote page, which cites the work given here (accessed 2026-10-11).
Copyright: Public domain: the author died in 1955.

The explanation above is ToDoMatriX’s own reading of the quote, not the author’s words.

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