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Best 68 Quotes by Richard P. Feynman – Page 2 of 3

“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.”

“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.”

“One of the signs of intelligence is to be able to accept the facts without being offended.”

“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!”

“Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.”

“Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.”

“Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.”

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

“Students don't need a perfect teacher. Students need a happy teacher, who's gonna make them excited to come to school and grow a love for learning.”

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

“Teach principles, not formulas. Understand, don't memorize.”

“The double-slit experiment has in it the heart of quantum mechanics. In reality, it contains the only mystery.”

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

“The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination, in a tight straightjacket.”

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

“The ultimate test of your knowledge is your ability to convey it to another.”

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“Neuroscientists rarely have to grapple with the issue of presentism versus existentialism. But in practice, neuroscientists are implicitly presentists. They view the past, present, and future as fundamentally distinct, as the brain makes decisions in the present, based on the memories of the past, to enhance our well being in the future. But despite its intuitive appeal, presentism is the underdog theory in physics and philosophy.”


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“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.”

“There are two rules in life:

1) Never give out all the information.”

“There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.”

“To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell.

And so it is with science.”

“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.”

“We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.”

“We learn better by teaching.”

“What do I advise? Forget it all. Don't be afraid. Do what you get the most pleasure from. Is it to build a cloud chamber? Then go on doing things like that. Develop your talents wherever they may lead. Damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead!
If you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt”

“You learn nothing from life if you think you're right all the time.”

“You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Fall in love with some activity and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about and it doesn't matter.”

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Quotes

“All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't.”

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

“I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!”

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

“I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is.”

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“Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.”

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“And so we have come full circle, from the discovery that consciousness contains the whole of objective reality — the entire history of biological life on the planet, the world's religions and mythologies, and the dynamics of both blood cells and stars — to the discovery that the material universe can also contain within its warp and weft the innermost processes of consciousness.

Such is the nature of the deep connectivity that exists between all things in a holographic universe. In the next chapter we will explore how this connectivity, as well as other aspects of the holographic idea, affect our current understanding of health.”


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