Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
NIELS BOHRThe best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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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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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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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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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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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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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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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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When 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.
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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 all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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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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