Richard Feynman on Purpose Quotes

"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there."

"I'm an explorer. I like to find out."

"We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. And there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on."

"I want to know why. I want to know how it works."

"Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."

"The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it."

"Don't let the pressure of the world make you think you have to be something you're not."

"Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter."

"I decided I’m only going to do things that I want to do, and I’m going to do them for the fun of it."

"The only way to keep going is to find something that you love to do."

"I used to enjoy doing physics. Why did I enjoy it? I used to play with it. I used to do whatever I felt like doing—it didn't have to do with whether it was important for the development of nuclear physics, but whether it was interesting and amusing for me to play with."