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.
NIELS BOHRThe 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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It 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.
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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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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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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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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.
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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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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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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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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
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