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No paradox, no progress.

Niels Bohr

Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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Change Children Oneself Time
The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Measure Property Science
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Language Play Word
Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Material Property Science
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
One must always do what one really cannot.
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Inspirational Oneself
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Language Poetry Science
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Science Understand Yourself
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Book Myself Religious
Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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Science Support
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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Believe Beyond Character Doubt Knowledge Science Theory
It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Deep Truth Wisdom
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work

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