The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
NIELS BOHRTruth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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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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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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The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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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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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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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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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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