

“You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.”
Traced to The Character of Physical Law (1965).
More from Richard Feynman
“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
Richard Feynman
Rogers Commission Report · 1986
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Richard Feynman
Note to the mother of Marcus Chown
verified“I don't know anything, but I do know that everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
Richard Feynman
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out · 1979
verified“I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”
Richard Feynman
No Ordinary Genius: The Illustrated Richard Feynman · 1981
verified“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
Richard Feynman
What Do You Care What Other People Think? · 1988
verified“What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
Richard Feynman
On his blackboard at the time of his death · 1988
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“Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life.”
Helen Keller
The Simplest Way to be Happy · 1933
verified“The highest result of education is tolerance.”
Helen Keller
Optimism · 1903
verified“Example is the best lesson there is.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Tomorrow Is Now · 1963
verified“Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
My Day · 1944
verified“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Voice of America broadcast · 1951
verified“In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
You Learn by Living · 1960
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