Feynman quotes – Wisdom from the brilliant physicist

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.

Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.

Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter.

Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

The universe is full of surprises; let’s not pretend to know everything.

The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.

Nature doesn’t know what atoms, energy, or forces are; she knows only colors, shapes, and patterns.

The key to science is not knowledge, but curiosity.

The beauty of a flower is not in its petals, but in its ever-changing dance with light.

The best way to learn is to teach.

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

I don’t have to know an answer. I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things.

There’s plenty of room at the bottom.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Don’t just read the classics; think about them, understand them.

Feynman quotes – Wisdom from the brilliant physicist part 2

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’

Learning science is like playing a musical instrument. It requires practice and dedication.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.

Science is the poetry of reality.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

The pleasure of finding things out is worth any amount of time.

Science is the engine of prosperity.

The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.

The only way to success in life is to love what you do.

Every great leap in science has come from a new way of looking at the world.

Life is like a game of chess; to win, you have to make the right moves, not just play random ones.

Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there.

The truth may be puzzling, it may take some work to grapple with it, but when you do, it has the power to set you free.

Science is the art of seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.

Education is a system for turning mirrors into windows.

Learning is not a spectator sport.

To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction—this is the law of life.

The secret to learning anything lies in the understanding that everything in life is interconnected.

Science is the art of asking the right questions, not just discovering the answers.

Great ideas often come in small, seemingly insignificant moments of curiosity.

The most exciting part of science is the journey, not the destination.

If you want to find out something about something, observe it.

Knowledge is power, but only if shared.

Science is the pursuit of knowledge, driven by the boundless curiosity of the human mind.