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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

Niels Bohr

We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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Himself Human Value
An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
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Agency Independent Ordinary Reality
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Science Understand
All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.
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Enough Human Rise Science Vice
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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Democracy Politics Secret Weapon
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Education Encouragement Inspirational Man Mistake
In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
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Experience Nature Possible Purpose Reality
When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
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Drama Existence Forget Life Ourselves Peace Search
No paradox, no progress.
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One Liner Progress Science
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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Believe Faith Understand Wall Yourself
Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Existence One Liner

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