Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
RICHARD FEYNMANStudy hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
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You have to have absolute confidence. Keep right on going, and nothing will happen.
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I think nature’s imagination Is so much greater than man’s, she’s never going to let us relax
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Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.
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I couldn’t claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys-but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!
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We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
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Everything is made of atoms.
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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
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Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?
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I learned from my father to translate: everything I read I try to figure out what it really means, what it’s really saying.
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There are thousands of years in the past, and there is an unknown amount of time in the future. There are all kinds of opportunities, and there are all kinds of dangers.
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People often think I’m a faker, but I’m usually honest, in a certain way–in such a way that often nobody believes me!
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I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
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Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
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I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb.
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We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.
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