There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
NIELS BOHRIt is, indeed, perhaps the greatest prospect of humanistic studies to contribute through an increasing knowledge of the history of cultural development to that gradual removal of prejudices which is the common aim of all science.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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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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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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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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It is, indeed, perhaps the greatest prospect of humanistic studies to contribute through an increasing knowledge of the history of cultural development to that gradual removal of prejudices which is the common aim of all science.
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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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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There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
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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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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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