It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
NIELS BOHRIt is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
NIELS BOHRAn independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
NIELS BOHROh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
NIELS BOHROpposites are not contradictory but complementary.
NIELS BOHRIf we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
NIELS BOHRA physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
NIELS BOHRIn our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
NIELS BOHRYour theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
NIELS BOHRIt is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
NIELS BOHRThe best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
NIELS BOHRThere 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.
NIELS BOHRNever express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
NIELS BOHRIf an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
NIELS BOHRAnyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
NIELS BOHRPrediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
NIELS BOHRIf quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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