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.
NIELS BOHRWhen 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.
NIELS BOHRThe meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
NIELS BOHRIf anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
NIELS BOHRWe all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
NIELS BOHRA deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
NIELS BOHRIsolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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.
NIELS BOHREvery sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
NIELS BOHRAccuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
NIELS BOHRSometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
NIELS BOHRNo, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
NIELS BOHRPrediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
NIELS BOHRThe best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
NIELS BOHRIt is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
NIELS BOHRSome things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
NIELS BOHRA person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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