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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.

Niels Bohr

The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Life Philosophy 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
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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Drama Existence Forget Life Ourselves Peace Search
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Funny Joke Science Serious
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
The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Measure Property Science
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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Crazy Enough Feeling Theory
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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Deep Reality Science
And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
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Feeling Talk Theory Thinking Understand
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.
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Creation Force Science Value World
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Science Understand Yourself

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