We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

Richard Feynman

I... a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.

Richard Feynman

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

Richard Feynman

Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

Richard Feynman

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

Richard Feynman

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

Richard Feynman

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

Richard Feynman

The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.

Richard Feynman

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

Richard Feynman

It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness.

Richard Feynman

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Richard Feynman

The atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.

Richard Feynman