A poet once said, "The whole universe is in a glass of wine." We will probably never know in what sense he meant that, for poets do not write to be understood... How vivid is the claret, pressing its existence into the consciousness that watches it! If our small minds, for some convenience, divide this glass of wine, this universe, into parts - physics, biology, geology, astronomy, psychology, and so on - remember that nature does not know it! So let us put it all back together, not forgetting ultimately what it is for. Let it give us one more final pleasure: drink it and forget it all!
We never are definitely right, we can only be sure we are wrong. - Richard P. Feynman
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
I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard P. Feynman
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. - Richard P. Feynman
You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.
Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself. - Richard P. Feynman
Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself.
If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . - Richard P. Feynman
If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .
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
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.
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt. - Richard P. Feynman
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
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
We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."
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