Basically, the dumber you are, the smarter you think you are and vice versa.Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, 1985
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Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the development of quantum electrodynamics. He was a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics and is celebrated for his contributions to the fields of quantum mechanics and particle physics. Feynman was also a charismatic teacher and popularizer of science.
1918–1988·lived 69 years
Basically, the dumber you are, the smarter you think you are and vice versa.Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, 1985
I’m not responsible for what other people think I am able to do. I don’t have to be good because they think I’m going to be good.
People who wish to analyze nature without using mathematics must settle for a reduced understanding.The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1, 1964
Stupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but still believing the lies. And that is more infectious than any other disease.
I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their mistake, not my failing.Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character, 1985
Teachers who make physics boring are criminals.Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!, 1985
If you're not having fun, you're not learning. There's a pleasure in finding things out.The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, 1999
Teach your children early what you learn late in life.The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, 1999
Do not use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe, to create, to learn, to think and to grow.
Every mistake you make is a learning experience. They don't make you less capable. But it's how you correct them or learn from them that defines you.The Quotable Feynman, p. 173, 2015
Don't feel frightened by not knowing things.The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman, Basic Books, 2005
There is no failure. You either succeed or you learn.
The ultimate test of your knowledge is your ability to convey it to another.The Feynman Learning Technique, 2023
If you cannot be corrected without being offended, then you’ll never truly grow in life.
That’s all 14 quotes by Richard Feynman.