The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
NIELS BOHROf 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.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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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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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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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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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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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.
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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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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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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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No paradox, no progress.
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If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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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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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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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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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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