Truth and clarity are complementary.
NIELS BOHRAll 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.
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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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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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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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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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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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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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
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