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It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.

Niels Bohr

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
In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Audience Existence Greatness Time
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity
Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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Himself Human Value
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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Democracy Politics Secret Weapon
An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
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Agency Independent Ordinary Reality
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Education Encouragement Inspirational Man Mistake
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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Laughter Serious Wisdom Yourself
The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based.
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Expression Foundation Greatness Light Ourselves Science
It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Deep Truth Wisdom
Of course I don’t believe in it pointing to horseshoe on his office wall. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
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Believe Faith Understand Wall Yourself
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Hope Progress Thinking Wonderful
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
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Greatness Ideas One Liner
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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