An Essay by Einstein -- The World As I See It. "How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving... "I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty.
The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. "My political ideal is democracy.
Business. Courage et persévérance. Dieu et religion. Divers. Vie. Bonheur. Amour et amitié. Créativité et imagination. Cahier de mon enfance. Gustave thibon. An Essay by Einstein -- The World As I See It. Sailing the Connecticut Coast with Albert Einstein - Cheshire, CT Patch. This week marks the 97th anniversary of Einstein's release of his General Theory of Relativity. The renowned physicist spent the summer of 1935 in Old Lyme, CT, often sailing on the Connecticut coast. Henry David Thoreau and Albert Einstein had something in common: They both loved simplicity. Both also shared a love for nature. For Einstein, that love of nature found expression in sailing. The simplicity of the interplay of boat, wind, and water appealed to him. He learned to sail in Switzerland as a young man and continued to do so for more than 50 years. After fleeing the repression of Jews and intellectuals in Hitler's Germany and coming to Princeton in 1933, Einstein often spent the summers at the seashore.
Despite sailing for over half a century, Einstein was not a very accomplished sailor. Let Patch save you time. Often sailing near the mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Einstein ran aground on a sand bar once. "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. " Some of My Favorite One Liners.