Albert Einstein, one of the most brilliant men who ever lived, at one time lived in a small frame house in Princeton, New Jersey. One day Einstein was asked for his telephone number. He looked puzzled for a minute, then asked for a phone book (I know. Those of you under 25 are wondering, “What’s a phone book?” Ask one of our older members after the service.) Anyway, I think it is interesting that Albert Einstein, a very smart man, did not even know his own phone number.

Was he simply forgetful? Not according to his associates. Albert Einstein simply refused to clutter his mind with inconsequential information. He remembered what was important to him and mentally discarded anything that was not. His home telephone number simply fell in the latter category. (1)

Einstein was not only brilli…