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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

A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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Science Way
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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Enough Human Rise Science Vice
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
If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Thinking Understand Yourself
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Language Poetry Science
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Life Philosophy Wisdom
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
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
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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Feeling Talk Theory Thinking Understand
In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Audience Existence Greatness Time
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
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
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Book Myself Religious
Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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Education Learning Science
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work

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