I don't believe I can really do without teaching. The reason is, I have to have something so that when I don't have any ideas and I'm not getting anywhere, I can say to myself, "At least I'm living; at least I'm doing something. I'm making some contribution." It's just psychological.
Richard P. FeynmanI learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
Richard P. FeynmanIt is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge of what energy is
Richard P. FeynmanBut see that the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
Richard P. FeynmanIf you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt. Don't ask why, or what difficulties you may get into.
Richard P. FeynmanOne of the ways of stopping science would be only to do experiments in the region where you know the law. But experimenters search most diligently, and with the greatest effort, in exactly those places where it seems most likely that we can prove our theories wrong. In other words, we are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
Richard P. Feynman