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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.

Niels Bohr

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
A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
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Deep Science Truth Wisdom
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Science Understand
The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Measure Property Science
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
One must always do what one really cannot.
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Inspirational Oneself
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
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Greatness Ideas One Liner
It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Deep Truth Wisdom
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Life Philosophy Wisdom
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself
Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature
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Development Nature Ourselves Talk
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Hope Progress Thinking Wonderful
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
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Feeling Talk Theory Thinking Understand

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