No paradox, no progress.
NIELS BOHRThe opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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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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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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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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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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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.
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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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