Einstein

For some reasons, I've always liked Einstein. But then who doesn't. Although a genius, he was not one to take himself seriously. One only needs to look at the way he styled his hair to know he had a great sense of humour. And he wasn't just smart too. He was wise beyond his time. And there's a difference between the two. Smarts may give you a good living, but its wisdom that makes a life. If you don't believe that Einstein's wise, check out his quotes.

I especially like his quote on insanity, which is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. You'd think that this should be obvious to all of us. Yet, if you look around, you'll realise that things are quite the contrary. In fact, we ourselves are often to blame for this. We wonder why we're stuck in life when we keep doing the same things day in day out. To move ahead or out of the place that we're in, we need to change. And it starts with our mind before we can pull it into reality.

The other quote I think makes a lot of sense is that not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. This should remind us that a lot of things that count in life cannot be counted. How do you quantify the times we held hands, embraced and kissed that special someone in our lives. How do you count the moments we whispered sweet nothings into each other's ears or just looked lovingly into each other's eyes. They cannot be counted, but they're the most precious moments in our lives and we do well to treasure them.

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