Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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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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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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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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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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No paradox, no progress.
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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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