Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
NIELS BOHRIf you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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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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If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
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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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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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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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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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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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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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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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We 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.
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