Feynman's Rainbow Quotes

“You’re wasting your time,” he said. “You don’t learn how to discover things by reading books on it. And psychology is a bunch of bullshit.”
― Leonard Mlodinow, Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life

“The reason is, when there is a hard problem, one has to work a long time and has to be persistent. In order to be persistent, you have got to be convinced that it’s worthwhile working so hard, that you’re going to get somewhere.”
― Leonard Mlodinow, Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life

“Fewer than eight hundred Americans earn a Ph.D. in physics each year. Worldwide, the number is probably in the thousands. And yet from this small pool comes the discovery and innovation that shapes the way we live and think. From X-rays, lasers, radio waves, transistors, atomic energy—and atomic weapons—to our view of space and time, and the nature of the universe, all this has arisen from this dedicated pool of individuals. To be a physicist is to have an enormous potential to change the world.”
― Leonard Mlodinow, Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life