The Fascinating Albert Einstein
Have you ever heard of Albert Einstein's theory of happiness? The famous physicist tipped a Japanese courier two notes explaining his theory for a happy life.
"A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness".
At first glance, this seems like a phrase from a self-education book or maybe from a Tibetan monk, but the real author of these words is the famous Albert Einstein. It seems that the father of the Theory of Relativity also knew the secret to achieve complete happiness.
Living modestly, quietly and without obsessions about achieving success was all he needed to be happy.
This is a theory similar to other famous phrases collected by Ernst Straus in the book "Einstein: A Centenary Volume": "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things".
Albert Einstein argued that neither wealth nor the accumulation of possessions enhances a person's happiness and that the simplest things can provide great joy.
Albert Einstein's Happiness Theory Was Offered As A ... Tip
The German physicist, one of the great minds of the 20th century, wrote his own "Theory of Happiness" and offered it as a tip. Yes, you read that right, as a tip!
Here is how the story goes: In 1922, Albert Einstein was on a tour of Japan to give several lectures. He knew that he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics, but was unable to attend the ceremony in Stockholm.
Einstein was staying at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo when a courier arrived with a message.
It is not known for sure whether the Japanese messenger refused a cash tip or whether the physicist was short of cash at the time, but the truth is that he wanted to thank him for his service by giving him two handwritten notes, suspecting that one day he would be famous.
Discover Einstein's Two Happiness Formulas
These two pieces of paper with Einstein's signature contained his "formulas for happiness" in German.
One was: "A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness", written on a sheet of hotel letterhead.
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The other was a shorter text written by Albert Einstein on a plain sheet of paper: "Where there is a will, there is a way".
The heir of that Japanese courier, who preferred to remain anonymous, recounts how Einstein had warned his relative to keep the notes.
"Perhaps, if you're lucky, these notes will become more valuable than the tip itself," Einstein supposedly told the messenger. A statement that will come true when the notes were auctioned at the Winner House in Jerusalem.
"The two documents signed by Einstein are the most interesting items we have in this lot. The courier's heirs decided to bid on them and so they came to us," said Efe Raziel Seckbaj, editor of the Winner Auction House catalog.
Albert Einstein's Intelligence Test. Let's See What You Got!
Nearly a century ago, Albert Einstein devised a very difficult intelligence test. The famous scientist claimed that only 2% of people could solve it.
Why? Because the clues were difficult to follow and decipher.
Albert Einstein's intelligence test actually relies on orderly thinking, logic, and a lot of patience.
If you fail the test it doesn't necessarily mean you're not intelligent, it just means you're more scattered in your thinking, or you lose your patience more easily than the ones who pass it.
The Details Of Albert Einstein's Intelligence Test
Assumptions:
1. There are five houses, each a different color.
2. In each house lives one person, each of a different nationality.
3. Each resident likes a certain drink, smokes a certain brand of cigarettes, and owns a certain pet.
4. None of the 5 people drink the same drink, smoke the same brand of cigarettes, and own the same pet.
The following are given:
a) The Brit lives in the red house;
b) The Swede has a dog;
c) The Dane enjoys drinking tea;
d) The green house is to the left of the white house;
e) The person who stays in the green house drinks coffee;
f) The person who smokes Pall Mall has a bird;
g) The person who stays in the middle house drinks milk;
h) The person who stays in the yellow house smokes Dunhill;
i) The Norwegian lives in the first house;
j) The Marlboro smoker lives next to the one with a cat;
k) The person who owns a horse lives next to the Dunhill smoker;
l) The Winfield smoker drinks beer;
m) The Norwegian lives next to the blue house;
n) The German smokes Rothmans;
o) The Marlboro smoker has a neighbor who drinks water.
Question:
Who owns the fish tank?
Albert Einstein's intelligence test also has the correct answers, which solve the mystery of the quiz. Solving it shouldn't take more than 15 minutes, especially if it's quiet around.
Tip: To discover the correct answer, follow the clues carefully.
Good luck!
Solving Albert Einstein's Intelligence Test
Isn't this test fun yet extremely complex? The wager of its creator, Albert Einstein, was that 98% of people could not answer the question at the end of the test correctly.
If you haven't taken Albert Einstein's intelligence test yet, before reading the answers you can test your logic and patience here.
Now let's see if you answered the question "Who is the owner of the fish tank?" correctly.
By following the logic of the data above we have:
1. The Norwegian lives in the first house, which is yellow, smokes Dunhill, drinks water, and has a cat.
2. Next to him lives the Dane in a blue house, he smokes Marlboros, drinks tea, and owns a horse as his pet.
3. The third house, the red one, belongs to the British, who is a milk drinker and a Pall Mall smoker. And his pet is a bird.
4. Next to him lives the German, in a green house, who drinks coffee and smokes Rothmans, and is the owner of the fish tank.
5. Because in the last house, the white one, lives the Swede, together with a dog, the man being a Winfield beer and cigarette drinker.
Putting these facts together, Albert Einstein's intelligence test has a solution.
The owner of the fish tank is the German who lives in the fourth house, the green one.
Congratulations to those who got the answer right!
Comical Story About Albert Einstein And His Driver
One of the comical stories that have gone down in history features the famous scientists Albert Einstein and his driver.
It all took place at the time the two were traveling around universities for the scientist to lecture on his famous theory of relativity.
One day on their way to a university, his driver said to him, "Mr. Einstein, I've heard this lecture of yours more than 30 times. I've learned it by heart and I bet I could hold it myself".
"Well, I'll give you the chance," Albert Einstein replied.
"They don't know me at the next university, so when we get there I'll put your hat on my head and you introduce yourself as Einstein and hold the lecture," he continued.
What Happened Next Is So Funny!
At the lecture hall, the driver held Einstein's lecture flawlessly.
When he finished, he wanted to leave, but one of the professors stopped him and asked him a very difficult question. The purpose of the question was not to accumulate knowledge but to make Einstein feel uncomfortable.
The driver thought quickly.
"The answer to this problem is so simple..." he replied.
"I'm surprised you have to ask me. In fact, to show you how simple it is, I'll get my driver to come over here and answer your question."
Einstein then stood up and gave an incredible answer to the professor's question.
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