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Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself.


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If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.

If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.



Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.

Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.



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.

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.



If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .

If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .



God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.

God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.



Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.



My rule is, when you are unhappy, think about it. But when you're happy, don't. Why spoil it? You're probably happy for some ridiculous reason and you'd just spoil it to know it.

My rule is, when you are unhappy, think about it. But when you're happy, don't. Why spoil it? You're probably happy for some ridiculous reason and you'd just spoil it to know it.



Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.

Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.



The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability

The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability



Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!

Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!





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There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.



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Connection to Buddhism is strand in my life.



O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!

O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!



I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.



I’m gonna show you how great I am.

I’m gonna show you how great I am.



The ancient Greeks, as Plato reports, believed that we discover truth through "reminiscence," that is by "remembering," by intuitively searching into our own experience.

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The East is going to be pretty easy for me. The Great Chest of the West becomes the Great Beast of the East.

The East is going to be pretty easy for me. The Great Chest of the West becomes the Great Beast of the East.



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