If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
NIELS BOHR
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.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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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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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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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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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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There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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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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No paradox, no progress.
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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