Sparrow and Wisteria, by Hayashi Shigeyuki, ca. 1930

In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your interest must transcend the field itself and border on the religious.

Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated. - A. Einstein

You like to imagine yourself in control of your fate, consciously planning the course of your life as best you can. But you are largely unaware of how deeply your emotions dominate you. They make you veer toward ideas that soothe your ego. They make you look for evidence that

"God was always invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand." - Richard Feynman

"The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can't grasp them. There is a pattern in creation." - A. Einstein

"If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand." - Paul Dirac

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living. -- A. Einstein

"It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment." - Carl Friedrich Gauss

"No progresas mejorando lo que ya está hecho, sino esforzándote por lograr lo que aún queda por hacer". -Erich Fromm

"Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it." - Niels Bohr

“What’s the first album that pops in your head when I use the word masterpiece?” My choice:

I completely forgot today lol

...And on the seventh day, God ended his work which he had done, and he rested and kicked back with some Bill Evans...

“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.” - Hubert Reeves (1932 - 2023)

You must see your career or vocational path more as a journey with twists and turns rather than a straight line.

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley iamyesyouareno Mario Nawfal The specific area I’m talking about is engineering, which is needed to build the best technology. Encouraging kids to learn how things work is the key. Take apart car engines, toasters, microwave ovens, speakers, etc. Make model airplanes, rockets, cars. As you’re doing this

“We should all be allowed entry into the mysteries of the living world, but people step away from it. They say they found science boring or dull, or it wasn’t their cup of tea, or they’re not good at it. But science is everything.” quantamagazine.org/how-paradoxica…

Life begins at 40. The rest was just research. Until 40, most people are running experiments. You test your body with late nights, junk food, skipped workouts. You test your mind with stress, comparison, shortcuts. You test relationships, careers, beliefs. Some experiments fail