“Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature”

Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .

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.

Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.

When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.

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.

An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.

A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.

Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.

A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.

Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.

Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.

Nothing exists until it is measured.

The proper utilization of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.

Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die.

Develop a built-in bullshit detector.

Nearly every person who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.

Conservation means development as much as it does protection.

Live each day as if it were your last, and you’ll develop a keen respect for opportunity.

Education is the great engine of personal development.

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.