Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
People like it when they understand something that they previously thought they couldn’t understand. It’s a sense of empowerment.
Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.
The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.
See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream.
My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had – everyday I’m learning something new.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.
One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.
No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.
It’s a crazy world out there. Be curious.
I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.
I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.
We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?
As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of complicated models that I could control. It was a natural next step to want to know how the universe works.
When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment.
Ideas come from curiosity.
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.