Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.
RICHARD FEYNMANWhy nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.
RICHARD FEYNMANI don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way—by rote, or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!
RICHARD FEYNMANIn physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.
RICHARD FEYNMANPhilosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
RICHARD FEYNMANFor those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in the idiocy of all the different units which they use for measuring energy.
RICHARD FEYNMANWe are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.
RICHARD FEYNMANThe imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
RICHARD FEYNMANWhat I cannot create, I do not understand.
RICHARD FEYNMANNature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
RICHARD FEYNMANWords can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.
RICHARD FEYNMANPhysicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?
RICHARD FEYNMANScience is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
RICHARD FEYNMANThe highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
RICHARD FEYNMANI’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.
RICHARD FEYNMANEverything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
RICHARD FEYNMANBut there is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death.
RICHARD FEYNMAN