Real life at times is boring. You may have
heard this enough. But is it true? Must you
be laid flat? It depends on how you look at
life. This bedside humorous book shows you
the path to get over moments not to your liking.
Here is a leaf from the book that contains 100
such pearls.

Excerpt:

The company you keep

After he got the Nobel Prize, Einstein was busy
with a lecture circuit throughout the US.
Incidentally, he had a driver who had a shaggy
beard and snow white unruly hair just like him.
Every time Einstein gave a lecture, the driver
would be seated in the last seat in the
auditorium.
One day, while they were driving towards a
college, the chauffer turned to him and said,
“I have heard this lecture so many times
that I could give it better than you!”
Einstein laughed and decided to try it out
at the next venue.
The chauffer was introduced as Einstein and he
proceeded to give a lecture on the theory of
relativity while Einstein sat in the back row.
Surprisingly, he spoke really well and the
audience gave him an enthusiastic round of
applause. Finally came the question and answer
session. At the very outset someone asked a
difficult question. Unhesitatingly, the driver
said, “Ha! This is such a simple question that
even my chauffer can answer it,” and pointed
towards Einstein in the back row.
Even a dumb person imbibes knowledge if he
stays constantly with someone intelligent and
knowledgeable. A cotton string used to make
jasmine garland starts to smell as sweet as
the flowers themselves.

Joke apart, it is a fact that one benefits
immensely from the company of people who are
more experienced and more intelligent.