A letter from Albert Einstein to his daughter

By Rachel Dixon

導讀:在20世紀80年代末，麗瑟爾，那個著名天才的女兒，她給希伯來大學捐贈了1400封其父親愛因斯坦書寫的信，要求在愛因斯坦去世后20年內不得公布其內容。這是眾多信件當中的一封——《致麗瑟爾·愛因斯坦》。

When I proposed the theory of relativity,very few understood me,and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world.

I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary,years,decades,until society is advanced enough to accept what I will explain below.

There is an extremely powerful force that,so far,science has not found a formal explanation to.It is a force that includes and governs all others,and is even behind any phenomenon operating in the universe and has not yet been identified by us.This universal force is LOVE.

When scientists looked for a unified theory of the universe they forgot the most powerful unseen force.Love is light,that enlightens those who give and receive it.Love is gravity,because it makes some people feel attracted to others.Love is power,because it multiplies the best we have,and allows humanity not to be extinguished in their blind selfishness.

當我提出相對論時，幾乎很少有人能夠理解我所說的，而我現在向全人類揭示的理論將會與世人對此的誤解與偏見格格不入。

我要求你保護好這些信件，直到社會發展的足夠現代化可以接受我下面要解釋的話的時候才可以公布，有必要的話，哪怕幾年，幾十年，都要守護著它們。

到目前來看，有一種異常強大的力量，科學上對其還沒找到一種合理的解釋。它是一種囊括和掌管著所有人的力量，甚至能夠躲藏在任一宇宙運動現象的背后，且仍未被我們認知。這種萬能的力量就是愛。

當科學家們忙于尋找宇宙真理時，他們忘了這種最強大的無形之力。愛可以是光，照亮所有給予和收獲它的人。愛可以是重力，因為它產生了一種吸引力。愛還可以是力量，因為讓我們所擁有的成倍增加，使人性免于在盲目的自私中滅絕。

愛揭示一切真理。我們為愛而生，也因愛而死。愛是上帝，上帝是愛。

這種力量解釋了一切，也賦予了生命的意義。我們早已忽視這種力量的變化太久太久了，也許是因為我們惶恐去愛，因為它是宇宙中唯一人類還沒有學會游刃有余去掌

Love unfolds and reveals.For love we live and die.Love is god and god is love.

This force explains everything and gives meaning to life.This is the variable that we have ignored for too long,maybe because we are afraid of love because it is the only energy in the universe that man has not learned to drive at will.

To give visibility to love,I made a simple substitution in my most famous equation.If instead of E=MC2,we accept that the energy to heal the world can be obtained through love multiplied by the speed of light squared,we arrive at the conclusion that love is the most powerful force there is,because it has no limits.

After the failure of humanity in the use and control of the other forces of the universe that have turned against us,it is urgent that we nourish ourselves with another kind of energy.

If we want our species to survive,if we are to find meaning in life,if we want to save the world and every sentient being that inhabits it,love is the one and only answer.

Perhaps we are not yet ready to make a bomb of love,a device powerful enough to entirely destroy the hate,selfishness and greed that devastate the planet.

However,each individual carries within them a small but powerful generator of love whose energy is waiting to be released.

When we learn to give and receive this universal energy,dear Lieserl,we will have affirmed that love conquers all,is able to transcend everything and anything,because love is the quintessence of life.

I deeply regret not having been able to express what is in my heart,which has quietly beaten for you all my life.Maybe it's too late to apologize,but as time is relative,I need to tell you that I love you and thanks to you I have reached the ultimate answer!握的力量。

Your father,

Albert Einstein

為了能把愛清晰地表現出來，我在自己最著名的方程式中做了一個簡單的替換。如果我們不使用E=MC2，而是接受能量等于愛乘以光速的平方這個概念，那么這個等式的能量可以治愈整個世界，所以我們得出的結論是，愛是最強大的力量，因為它無窮無盡。

當人類試圖控制使用宇宙中對抗我們的力量卻遭遇失敗時，我們必須趕緊用另一種能量治愈。

如果我們希望萬物得以存活，希望找到生存的意義，希望拯救世界以及世上每個有意識的生命，愛是唯一的答案。

也許我們仍沒有準備好去制造一顆愛的炸彈，以用來徹底摧毀掉被仇恨、自私和貪婪所蹂躪的星球。

然而，每一個人都有一種小巧而又強大如發電機般的愛，它住在心里正等待著被人們釋放出來。

當我們學會給予和接受這股力量的時候，我親愛的麗瑟爾，我們可以說，愛能戰勝一切，能超越所有的一切，因為愛是生命的精髓！

我最大的遺憾是沒能在生前表達出我內心的話，但我整個人生早已默默地為你感到驕傲。也許現在道歉已經太遲了，但隨著時間的推移，我想告訴你：女兒我愛你，感謝你，我已經得到了最終的答案！

你的父親，

阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦