“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.”
“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
“If you want to find out anything from the theoretical physics point of view, you must be very clear about what you are trying to do.”
“The beauty of a flower is not in its petals but in the way it radiates the energy of the sun.”
“It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, how smart you are, or what your name is. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.”
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
“We are not educated in school; we are educated by life.”
“If you’re not careful, you can fool yourself into thinking you know something when you don’t.”
“To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell.”
“There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through doubt that we learn.”
“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
“The problem is to realize that the universe is not just a thing but a thing that changes. It’s not just a place, but a process.”
“The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
“We can only see the stars and the sky as they are, not as they might be.”
“I’m not smart; I just stay with problems longer.”
“The great tragedy of science—the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.”
“The more you look, the more you see. The more you see, the more you understand.”
“The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.”
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
“It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.”
“The essence of science is that it is a quest to understand the natural world through experiment and observation.”
“The world is a complex place, but the principles that govern it are simple.”
“It is important to keep the excitement of discovery alive, no matter how old we get.”
“One of the most beautiful aspects of science is that it’s self-correcting.”
“Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself.”
“The process of learning is not linear but iterative.”
“There is no such thing as a ‘fact’ in science, only a temporary consensus.”
“What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
“The purpose of learning is not to arrive at a destination but to constantly refine your understanding.”
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
“Science is not about making a bunch of people who can calculate things. It’s about understanding the universe and making sense of it.”
“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
“In science, you learn the limitations of your own understanding.”
“We’re all different. That’s the beauty of life. Our differences make us unique.”
“It’s not the beauty of a theory that makes it true but the consistency with which it agrees with experiments.”
“The only way to really understand something is to do it yourself.”
“The greatest challenge of science is not learning new things but unlearning old assumptions.”
“The joy of discovery comes from seeing the world in a new way.”
“To understand something is to see it in a way that nobody else has seen it before.”
“True understanding requires the courage to question everything you think you know.”
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Aphorisms
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| Jesus | Jewish | Mohammad| Buddha | Hindu |
| Dick Feynman | Robert Ingersoll | Mark Twain | Will Rogers|
Anecdotes
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