The context of that Einstein quote is important. It was written in a letter concerning the death of Einstein's dear friend Michel Besso whose death preceded Einstein's by only about a month.
It was written in German and the real sense of what Einstein was saying is that our experience of time as being divided into past, present and future is illusory.
Einstein: Time is nothing but a stubborn illusion.
The context of that Einstein quote is important. It was written in a letter concerning the death of Einstein's dear friend Michel Besso whose death preceded Einstein's by only about a month.
It was written in German and the real sense of what Einstein was saying is that our experience of time as being divided into past, present and future is illusory.
https://www.spudart.org/blog/einstein-time-stubbornly-persistent-illusion/