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

Niels Bohr

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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Deep Mad Recognition Truth
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.
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Development Greatness History Humanity Science Study
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Language Play Word
Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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Himself Human Value
A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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Science Way
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
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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Deep Science Truth Wisdom
One must always do what one really cannot.
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Inspirational Oneself
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
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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Believe Faith Understand Wall Yourself
It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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Greatness Human Satisfaction Science
You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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Experiement People Science Work Yourself
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Greatness Ideas One Liner
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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Connection Creation Establishment Language Mental Photograph Poet Poetry Science
Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Existence One Liner
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner

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