In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
NIELS BOHRAll 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.
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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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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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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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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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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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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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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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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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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