Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
NIELS BOHRIt is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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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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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be proved beyond a doubt, but also we even believe that we have an intimate knowledge of the constituents of the individual atoms.
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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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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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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It is, indeed, perhaps the greatest prospect of humanistic studies to contribute through an increasing knowledge of the history of cultural development to that gradual removal of prejudices which is the common aim of all science.
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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