And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
NIELS BOHRAnd anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
NIELS BOHRSome things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
NIELS BOHRAn independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
NIELS BOHROpposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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 BOHRWhen searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
NIELS BOHRNever express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
NIELS BOHRThere is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
NIELS BOHRPrediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
NIELS BOHRIt is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
NIELS BOHREvery great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
NIELS BOHRIn the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
NIELS BOHRA physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
NIELS BOHRNothing exists until it is measured.
NIELS BOHRWe 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.
NIELS BOHRPhysics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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