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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More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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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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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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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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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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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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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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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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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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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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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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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