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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.

Niels Bohr

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
NIELS BOHR

Deep Reality Science
You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
NIELS BOHR

Experiement People Science Work Yourself
No paradox, no progress.
NIELS BOHR

One Liner Progress Science
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.
NIELS BOHR

Experience Nature Possible Purpose Reality
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
NIELS BOHR

Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong
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.
NIELS BOHR

Deep Fake Greatness Truth Wisdom
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
One must always do what one really cannot.
NIELS BOHR

Inspirational Oneself
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.
NIELS BOHR

Enough Human Rise Science Vice
Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
NIELS BOHR

Material Property Science
The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based.
NIELS BOHR

Expression Foundation Greatness Light Ourselves Science
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
NIELS BOHR

Laughter Serious Wisdom Yourself
If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
NIELS BOHR

Inspirational Life Science Thinking Understand
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
NIELS BOHR

Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
NIELS BOHR

Funny God One Liner
When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
NIELS BOHR

Drama Existence Forget Life Ourselves Peace Search

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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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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