Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
NIELS BOHRWhen it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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Of course I don’t believe in it pointing to horseshoe on his office wall. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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