The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
NIELS BOHRWe are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
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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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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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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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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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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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