The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.
RICHARD FEYNMANPhysics isn’t the most important thing. Love is.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
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Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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I 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!
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We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.
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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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I think we should teach them [the people] wonders and that the purpose of knowledge is to appreciate wonders even more.
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You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.
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Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough.
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Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
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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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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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Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
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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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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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