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Einstein

 

Interesting Fact : Marilyn Monroe was said to have the same IQ as Einstein. And considering some of the inspirational sayings attributed to her, I can well believe it. She certainly had a lot of insight, despite being an emotionally tortured woman. I have spent a good deal of time looking at some of her encouraging words here at Alice Jean's, so I thought it would be insightful to swing around in the other direction and take a look at Albert Einstein, and the many uplifting thoughts he voiced about life - aside from contributing brilliant mathematical formulas and scientific theories. Here are some golden nuggets of wisdom to inspire your week ahead....

 

 

 

 

And here is a brief background to one of the most famous and inspiring minds of last century - its quite humbling, but I remind myself of a non Einsteinian quote I read recently "Never compare your middle to someone else's end"....keep that in mind as you read - your journey serves a beautiful purpose in existence too !!!

Albert Einstein 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).^[2][3] While best known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc² (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"),^[4] he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".^[5] The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory.

 

Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. This led to the development of his special theory of relativity. He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on the general theory of relativity. He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory, which led to his explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules. He also investigated the thermal properties of light which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. In 1917, Einstein applied the general theory of relativity to model the large-scale structure of the universe.^[6]

 

He was visiting the United States when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and did not go back to Germany, where he had been a professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences. He settled in the U.S., becoming an American citizen in 1940.^[7] On the eve of World War II, he endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential developing of "extremely powerful bombs of a new type" and recommending that the U.S. begin similar research. This eventually led to what would become the Manhattan Project. Einstein was in support of defending the Allied forces, but largely denounced using the new discovery of nuclear fission as a weapon. Later, with the British philosopher Bertrand Russell, Einstein signed the Russell–Einstein Manifesto, which highlighted the danger of nuclear weapons. Einstein was affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, until his death in 1955.

 

Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works.^[6][8] His great intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with genius.^[9]

 

Marriages and children

With the discovery and publication in 1987 of an early correspondence between Einstein and Marić it became known that they had a daughter they called "Lieserl" in their letters, born in early 1902 in Novi Sad where Marić was staying with her parents. She returned to Switzerland without the child whose real name and fate are unknown. Einstein probably never saw his daughter, and the contents of a letter he wrote to Marić in September 1903 suggest that she was either adopted or died of scarlet fever in infancy.^[33][34]

Einstein and Marić married in January 1903. In May 1904, the couple's first son, Hans Albert Einstein, was born in Bern, Switzerland. Their second son, Eduard, was born in Zurich in July 1910. In 1914, Einstein moved to Berlin, while his wife remained in Zurich with their sons. They divorced on 14 February 1919, having lived apart for five years.

Einstein married Elsa Löwenthal on 2 June 1919, after having had a relationship with her since 1912. She was his first cousin maternally and his second cousin paternally. In 1933, they emigrated to the United States. In 1935, Elsa Einstein was diagnosed with heart and kidney problems and died in December 1936.^[35]

 

Death

 

On 17 April 1955, Albert Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which had previously been reinforced surgically by Dr. Rudolph Nissen in 1948.^[78] He took the draft of a speech he was preparing for a television appearance commemorating the State of Israel's seventh anniversary with him to the hospital, but he did not live long enough to complete it.^[79] Einstein refused surgery, saying: "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."^[80] He died in Princeton Hospital early the next morning at the age of 76, having continued to work until near the end.

 

During the autopsy, the pathologist of Princeton Hospital, Thomas Stoltz Harvey, removed Einstein's brain for preservation without the permission of his family, in the hope that the neuroscience of the future would be able to discover what made Einstein so intelligent.^[81] Einstein's remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered at an undisclosed location.^[

 

In his lecture at Einstein's memorial, nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer summarized his impression of him as a person: "He was almost wholly without sophistication and wholly without worldliness ... There was always with him a wonderful purity at once childlike and profoundly stubborn."

 

From Wikipedia 17/08/2013

Quote of the month - February 2013

"Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer."

 

 

Quote of the month - January 2013

 

 

"What the concious mind can't recognise, the heart might know."

 

"A career is wonderful, but you cant curl up with it on a cold night."

 

 

 

Two Marilyn quotes this month for you friends......it's just so hard to chose but one !!

Quote of the month - December 2012

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” 

 

Marilyn Monroe

 

 

Quote of the month - November 2012

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” 

 

 

 

I do not call myself a Marilyn fan. I like too many other stylish women from the last century to single any one woman out as an inspiration. However, the more I read her insights, quotes and life attitudes, the more I think she was really a hugely underrated mind - lost in the appearance, mythology and celebrity of Marilyn Monroe......I wish to spend the next few months sharing MM pearls of wisdom with my readers in my Quote of the Month section. I would challenge anyone to think MM was a clueless, dippy blonde - nothing more than a sex symbol - after this series........

Quote of the month - October 2012

 

I recently saw this quote on the facebook page of one of my favourite movies, The Shawshank Redemption, and it struck a chord with where I have been at lately. Although I am far from being falsly imprisoned, the polar opposite ebb and flow of fear and hope in my life has been very real. It is my wish to be more like Andy Dufresne and live a life of hope no matter the circumstances I am in.....

 

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."

And now I am off to inspire myself by watching the film again........and knowing hope has the victory in the end makes it so much more endurable  - I am willing the same to one day be said of my life!!!

 

Night everyone !

Quote of the Month - September 2012

Hope Floats......

 

 

Life is very up and down isnt it?

 I crave the hope that good things will happen and bring joy and happiness, and yet, somehow, I am afraid to hope for these things out of fear I will be disapointed once again......

 

It is a hard lesson, that of staying hopeful and soft hearted in the face of rejection and disapointment....I am not quite sure how it is done.....maybe the passage of time plays a role....

 

M aybe one can hope that the lesson will be of great purpose, even if just for growth in compassion and character........
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Although character development may not seem to be a very exhillerating thought, it is something to get us through those painful, hurtful times.

One must have hope that good things await around the bend in the road, or the pain of having no hope will leave us deviod of any joy today.

A person must find something to hope for, difficult though that might be to acheive.

 

May you meet people, go places and do things that encourage little threads of hope to weave their way through your life today. Cling to those things. And believe in the goodness of the bend in the road, that you might begin to enjoy the beauty in your life today.

 

 

“That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.”
― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

 

“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”
― John Keats, Letters of John Keats

 

"When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does. It has a fascination of its own, that bend, Marilla. I wonder how the road beyond it goes--what there is of green glory and soft, checkered light and shadows--what new landscapes--what new beauties--what curves and hills and valleys further on."

- Anne of Green Gables

 

 

Just a bend in the road

Lyrics by Eddy Arnnold

 

Are you weary and tired of living
Does it all seem to be thankless giving
Don't worry my friend it isn't the end
It's just a bend in the road

Have you reached for someone's hand
And found that's she just doesn't understand
Keep reaching my friend it isn't the end
It's just a bend in the road

It's never the end there's always one more bend
Another day another way a year or two
So walk one more mile remember with the smile
Happiness can afford to lose you

Although at times you feel so lonely
And you try to find someone to love you only
Keep looking my friend it isn't the end
There'll may be someone around the bend in the road
There'll may be someone around the bend in the road

 

 

Quote of the month - August 2012

 

 

"If you want to be happy for a short time - get drunk

happy for a long time - fall in love

happy forever - take up gardening"

 

Chinese Saying

 

 

I simply couldnt agree more......need to get myself my own garden again !

 



Quote of the month - June 2012

Let us be grateful to people

who make us happy;

 they are the charming gardeners

who make our souls blossom.



I dont know who originally said these beautiful words, but my darling friend Brookie recently sent this quote to me. She is one the people in my life who makes me happy and also makes my soul blossom. The amazing photograph above is a picture of her - isnt she so beautiful, not to mention talented with a camera?!

Click here to see more of her amazing work......

Quote of the month - May 2012

Give your hearts,

But not into each other's keeping,

For only the hand of life can contain your hearts.

And stand together,

Yet not too near together:

For the pillars of the temple stand apart

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each others shadow.

Kahlil Gibran

Quote of the Month - April 2012

The best portion of a good life -

the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love

William Wordsworth



Quote of the month - March 2012

“If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.”

Mary Pickford

What a totally inspiring and intellegent woman !!

Quote of the month - February 2012

Quote of the month January 2012

A small bit of quotation inspiration for the new year - isnt a new year just thrilling? Who knows what is around each corner the new day presents us with - what people will we meet? What wonderful sights, tastes, smells, sounds and feelings will we encounter? What joyous events will we participate in? What will make us cry, laugh, despair, rejoice? I love the potential and promise that a new year heralds in.....my hope is that this year I find miracles occurring continually in my life, and magic moments flooding my way....that is my desire for each and every Alice Jean follower too - may all your prayers be answered, in the most beautiful ways, for you this year. Mwahhh !! XX

Oughtnt we to be prepared for the best too? After all, it's just as likely to happen as the worst.

Anne of Green Gables

Three great essentials of happiness are

1. Something to do

2. Someone to love

3. Somthing to hope for

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today.

There is no oil without squeezing the olives

No wine without pressing the grapes

No fragrence without crushing the flowers

And no real joy without sorrow.

Quote of the Month - December 2011

Some Christmas styled quotes for the festive season.........

.	The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

"When a man is wrapped up in himeself, he makes a pressty small package."

"We never repent of having eaten too little"

"Gods gifts put mans best dreams to shame"

"Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man."

Quote of the month - November 2011

This month I wanted to share some rather inspirational quotes from a book I read almost 20 years ago now, about transforming the world - socially and environmentally..... I hope that some of these words have the power to lift up your spirit today, as mine has been, by the simplicity of loving acts from 3 dear friends on this one day in November.....

No one person can change the WORLD, but you CAN change the world for one person.

Faith is the key to fit the door of hope, but there is no power anywhere like love turning it.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

Happiness adds and multiplies as we divide it with others.

The earth has enough for every mans need, but not enough for every mans greed.

We have the resources but do we have the will? We can no longer sit in self righteousness and blame God for the unethical distribution of His wealth.

It is always a relief to believe what is pleasant, but it is more important to believe what is true.

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow man and I will tell you how much you have loved them.

It is better to dream too big and be laughed at than to dream too small and be limited.



Quote of the month - October 2011

This is a classic - I cant remember where I spotted this card, but I simply knew I had to have it for my little collection of such goodies.......if anyone else can relate to this I would love to hear from you !! He he.......

And this wonderful card below is very definitely the story of my life to date....how sad of me !!!

Quote of the month - September 2011

This month I find I am hungry for inspiration where ever I can get it. I have been watching all my favourite beautiful, uplifting movies and reading my inspiring books, not to mention spending time with all my wonderfully visionary girlfriends !! So I decided to share a little selection of inspirational quotes accompanied by some darling artworks from my vintage collection of little golden books....may the words and pictures lift you to to a higher place of goodness, generosity, kindness, peace and love today !!

"To live a creative life we must first loose our fear of being wrong"

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, in order to have the life that is waiting for us."

"Make a life, not a living."

"Our environment should provide us with visible signs of tenderness."

"Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts."

Charles Dickens

"Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great."

Mark Twain

“Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing from it or finding a quick cure for it.”

Henri Nouwen

"Do we simply disregard the broken people of this world as if they are not deserving of love? Do we keep looking for Mr or Mrs Right, Mr or Mrs Perfect and disregard anyone who doesnt match up to that 'ideal'? I think true love is when one realistically sees anothers 'faults' - and we all have them - and decides to love anyway."

"You know when someone loves you because they make you feel special"

Sandra George

"It's the ability to change that turns frogs into princes."

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams."

  Ashley Smith

 

 

“You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.”  
Henri Nouwen

"Spring is all about renewal."

"With men, dont be swayed by 'cute'. Cute only lasts so long. Dont look at the bankbook, or the title. Look at the heart, look at the soul."

Michelle Obama

“We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.”  
Henri Nouwen