In 1922 while Albert Einstein was on a lecture tour in Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, a boybell appeared in front of him to announce that the physicist had won a Nobel Prize. Einstein was about to give the man a tip but he found out his pockets were empty. Instead of money Einstein decided to share with a boybell a theory of happiness which was: “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”. He wrote it one a first piece of hotel stationery and the second one said: “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
Recently, at the house auction in Jerusalem, Albrert's Einstein handwritten note was sold for $1.56 Million (the second one for $200k)! The seller Meni Chadad said they expected to sell the items for $8k at best, but it changed at the speed of light as the prize reached six-digit number.
The value of Einstein's words seems to be priceless however, thanks to the Internet we don't have to pay $1.5m to learn this theory of happines. I agree with physicist's idea, especially with the second one - the only thing that is limiting our capabilities is our mind. I think it's completely true and works in both ways, we can either stop ourselves from achieving something or motivate to do it.
Also, the story behind the auction in Israel is very interesting, which probably overstated the price of the notes.
link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/world/middleeast/einstein-theory-of-happiness.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=9&pgtype=sectionfront
The number was a six-DIGIT number.
OdpowiedzUsuńEinstein was not just a genius scientist but a goldmine of all sorts of quotes and jokes. He must have been quite a charming man.