Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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First you guess. Don't laugh, this is the most important step. Then you compute the consequences. Compare the consequences to experience. If it disagrees with experience, the guess is wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn't matter how beautiful your guess is or how smart you are or what your name is. If it disagrees with experience, it's wrong. That's all there is to it.

Richard P. Feynman's Popular Quotes

We never are definitely right, we can only be sure we are wrong.

- Richard P. Feynman

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

- Richard P. Feynman

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

- Richard P. Feynman

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.

- Richard P. Feynman

Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself.

- Richard P. Feynman

You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.

- Richard P. Feynman

If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .

- Richard P. Feynman

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

- Richard P. Feynman

We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."

- Richard P. Feynman