Richard Feynman - DeveloPassion

# Richard Feynman ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-02-03 Richard Feynman.jpg|400]] One of the brighest minds ever. He led the Manhattan Project. On October 17, 1946, he wrote a letter to Arline (the love of his life), expressing his deep love and heartbreak. The letter was sealed and only opened after his death. "Please excuse my not mailing this," the letter concluded, "but I don't know your new address.". Also famous for his lectures, and the [[Feynman technique]]. ## Quotes   - [[All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' is just another way of saying that you can't]] - [[Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea. Humility is necessary for growth]] - [[Feynman used to keep 12 favorite problems in his mind and tested new ideas against them]] - [[I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there]] - [[I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned]] - [[I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe]] - [[I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring]] - [[I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb]] - [[If one cannot describe an idea in simple terms, then they do not really understand it]] - [[If you don't make mistakes, you're doing it wrong. If you don't correct those mistakes, you're doing it really wrong. If you can't accept that you're mistaken, you're not doing it at all]] - [[In order to talk to each other, we have to have words]] - [[It is a lot better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction]] - [[Knowledge isn't free. You have to pay attention]] - [[Memorizing is not learning]] - [[Never regret a day in your life]] - [[Never regret a day in your life. Good days give happiness, bad days give experiences, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories]] - [[Simplicity isn't the lack of complexity. It's the clarity of understanding]] - [[Teach your children that not knowing something is not a bad thing, it is an opportunity to learn something]] - [[The first principle is that you must not fool yourself. And you are the easiest person to fool]] - [[The problem is not people being uneducated. The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, and not educated enough to question anything from what they have been taught]] - [[There’s no miracle people. It just happens they got interested in this thing and they learned all this stuff. There’s just people]] - [[Understand. Don't memorize. Learn principles, not formulas]] - [[We are at the very beginning of time for the human race]] - [[You write down the problem. You think very hard. Then you write down the answer]] - [[Your best teacher is your last mistake]]   - [[All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' is just another way of saying that you can't]] - [[Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea. Humility is necessary for growth]] - [[Feynman used to keep 12 favorite problems in his mind and tested new ideas against them]] - [[I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there]] - [[I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned]] - [[I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe]] - [[I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring]] - [[If one cannot describe an idea in simple terms, then they do not really understand it]] - [[If you don't make mistakes, you're doing it wrong. If you don't correct those mistakes, you're doing it really wrong. If you can't accept that you're mistaken, you're not doing it at all]] - [[In order to talk to each other, we have to have words]] - [[It is a lot better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction]] - [[Knowledge isn't free. You have to pay attention]] - [[Memorizing is not learning]] - [[Never regret a day in your life]] - [[Never regret a day in your life. Good days give happiness, bad days give experiences, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories]] - [[Teach your children that not knowing something is not a bad thing, it is an opportunity to learn something]] - [[The first principle is that you must not fool yourself. And you are the easiest person to fool]] - [[The problem is not people being uneducated. The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, and not educated enough to question anything from what they have been taught]] - [[There’s no miracle people. It just happens they got interested in this thing and they learned all this stuff. There’s just people]] - [[Understand. Don't memorize. Learn principles, not formulas]] - [[We are at the very beginning of time for the human race]] - [[You write down the problem. You think very hard. Then you write down the answer]] - [[Your best teacher is your last mistake]]  ## Books   - [[Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character (book)]] - [[What Do You Care What Other People Think Further Adventures of a Curious Character (book)]]   - [[Feynman's Lost Lecture (book)]] - [[Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character (book)]]