In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
NIELS BOHRAccuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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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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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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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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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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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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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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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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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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