— Attributed to Einstein; not found in his writings or recorded interviews – wording unverified
About this quote
हिन्दी में
जिसने कभी कोई गलती नहीं की, उसने कभी कुछ नया करने की कोशिश ही नहीं की।
What it means
The sentence is a diagnostic, not a defence of carelessness. It says nothing about mistakes being good; it says a spotless record is evidence about your range — that you have been working inside what you already knew how to do.
It is worth keeping because it reverses the usual direction of judgement: instead of asking whether a mistake was excusable, it asks what the absence of mistakes reveals. Notice too that it promises nothing about trying new things paying off — only that error is the price of entry.
What it teaches you
Look back over your last few months of work and try to name one thing you attempted that did not come off. If nothing comes to mind, the honest conclusion is not that you performed well but that every task was one you had done before — and that is a fact about which tasks you accepted, which is the part you can change the next time an unfamiliar one is offered.
अर्थ और सीख
यह पंक्ति गलती को अच्छा नहीं बताती, बल्कि यह बताती है कि बिल्कुल गलती न होना इस बात का संकेत है कि आपने वही किया जो आप पहले से जानते थे। अगर बीते कुछ महीनों में एक भी कोशिश नाकाम नहीं हुई, तो सोचिए कि आपने कोई नया काम हाथ में लिया ही नहीं। सीख यह है कि अपने रिकॉर्ड की सफ़ाई को नहीं, अपने दायरे को देखिए।
Where it comes from
Attributed to Einstein, but the sentence is not found in his writings or recorded interviews. He did speak often of the productive role of error in science, which is likely why the aphorism attached to his name — we class the wording itself as unverified.
