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| Einstein’s theory of happiness sold for $1.5m | Einstein’s theory of happiness sold for $1.5m |
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| Advice on two notes written by Albert Einstein describing his theory for happy living has sold at an auction house in Jerusalem for $1.56m (£1.19m). | Advice on two notes written by Albert Einstein describing his theory for happy living has sold at an auction house in Jerusalem for $1.56m (£1.19m). |
| The Nobel Prize-winning German-born physicist gave the notes to a courier in Tokyo in 1922 instead of a tip. | The Nobel Prize-winning German-born physicist gave the notes to a courier in Tokyo in 1922 instead of a tip. |
| He told the messenger that if he was lucky, the notes would become valuable. | He told the messenger that if he was lucky, the notes would become valuable. |
| Einstein devoted his life to science but suggested in the notes that achieving a long-dreamt-of goal did not necessarily guarantee happiness. | Einstein devoted his life to science but suggested in the notes that achieving a long-dreamt-of goal did not necessarily guarantee happiness. |
| When the courier came to his room to make a delivery, the physicist did not have any money to reward him. | When the courier came to his room to make a delivery, the physicist did not have any money to reward him. |
| He had at the time just heard that he had won the Nobel Prize for physics and was in Japan on a lecture tour. | He had at the time just heard that he had won the Nobel Prize for physics and was in Japan on a lecture tour. |
| Instead, he handed the messenger a signed note - using stationery of the Imperial Hotel Tokyo - with one sentence, written in German: "A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it." | |
| A second note written at the same time simply reads: "Where there's a will, there's a way." It sold for $240,000, Winner's auction house said. | A second note written at the same time simply reads: "Where there's a will, there's a way." It sold for $240,000, Winner's auction house said. |
| The winning bids for both notes were far higher than the pre-auction estimated price, the auctioneers said. | The winning bids for both notes were far higher than the pre-auction estimated price, the auctioneers said. |
| It said the buyer of one of the notes was a European who wished to remain anonymous. | It said the buyer of one of the notes was a European who wished to remain anonymous. |
| The seller is reported to be the nephew of the messenger. | The seller is reported to be the nephew of the messenger. |
| Albert's advice: Other famous examples | Albert's advice: Other famous examples |
| We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them | We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them |
| The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination | The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination |
| We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us | We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us |
| When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity | When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity |
| (Sources: The Yale Book of Quotations/BrainyQuote) | (Sources: The Yale Book of Quotations/BrainyQuote) |