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.
NIELS BOHRIt is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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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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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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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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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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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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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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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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A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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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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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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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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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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