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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.

Niels Bohr

The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Measure Property Science
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Book Myself Religious
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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Inspirational Life Science Thinking Understand
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Education Encouragement Inspirational Man Mistake
Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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Science Support
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
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Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong
In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Audience Existence Greatness Time
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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Drama Existence Forget Life Ourselves Peace Search
Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Material Property Science
Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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Joke Oneself Serious
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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Change Difficult Force Greatness Ourselves Thinking
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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Enough Human Rise Science Vice
If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Thinking Understand Yourself
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Hope Progress Thinking Wonderful
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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Feeling Talk Theory Thinking Understand
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad

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