I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and adapting throughout life.
Richard P. Feynman reflects on the journey of knowledge and the finite time we have to seek understanding and make changes. He acknowledges that life begins with ignorance, but it is our responsibility to pursue knowledge, however limited our time may be to do so.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the importance of lifelong learning.
The philosophical question before us is, when we make an observation of our track in the past, does the result of our observation become real in the same sense that the final state would be defined if an outside observer were to make the observation?
We seem gradually to be groping toward an understanding of the world of subatomic particles, but we really do not know how far we have yet to go in this task.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.
For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it. Why do the poets of the present not speak of it? What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?
Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgments can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, and from show.
The truth for sure, _x000D_ when it arrives, _x000D_ will make you smile. _x000D_ If it doesn't, _x000D_ you should seek _x000D_ a deeper truth.
One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
Most people are so distracted by their thoughts, so identified with the voices in their heads, they no longer feel the aliveness within them. To be unable to feel the life that animates the physical body, the very life that you are, is the greatest deprivation that can happen to you.
How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?
If you should encounter angry or unkind actions today, take a deep breath, reach deep within and greet the lack of love with love.
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