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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.

Niels Bohr

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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Development Nature Ourselves Talk
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Idiot Spiritual
It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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Greatness Human Satisfaction Science
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself
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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Deep Science Truth Wisdom
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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Science Way
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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Drama Existence Forget Life Ourselves Peace Search
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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Inspirational Life Science Thinking Understand
Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Existence One Liner
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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Deep Mad Recognition Truth
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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Discovery Doubt Justice Science Truth
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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Believe Beyond Character Doubt Knowledge Science Theory
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Book Myself Religious

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