If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
NIELS BOHREvery great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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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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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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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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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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All 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.
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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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What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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