Note With Einstein’s Theory of Happiness Auctioned for $1.3 Million

Undated portrait of German-born Swiss-US physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), author of theory of relativity, awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. AFP/Getty Images

Strapped for cash in a Tokyo hotel, Albert Einstein wrote a few words of wisdom about life on a hotel notepad and handed it to the bellboy instead of a tip. The physicist’s formula for happy living fetched $1.3 million on Tuesday (October 24), a Jerusalem auction house said.

Note with Einstein’s theory of happiness auctioned for $1.3 million. Video screenshot/Reuters