Niels BohrTruth and clarity are complementary. ✨ Quantum Theory and the Flight from Realism: Philosophical Responses to Quantum Mechanics. Book by Christopher Norris, 2000.371ReadingTruth
Niels BohrThe very nature of the quantum theory ... forces us to regard the space-time coordination and the claim of causality, the union of which characterizes the classical theories, as c… ▶363ThoughtTime
Niels BohrYou can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.341Truth
Niels BohrOne must always do what one really cannot.364Life
Niels BohrA person who wasn't outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn't understand what had been said.342Truth
Niels BohrThere are some things so serious you have to laugh at them. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.342Humor
Niels BohrIn physics we deal with states of affairs much simpler than those of psychology and yet we again and again learn that our task is not to investigate the essence of things-we do no… ▶332Politics
Niels BohrWe are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.365Love
Niels BohrAnyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn't understood it.365Reflection
Niels BohrA physicist visits a colleague and notices a horseshoe hanging on the wall above the entrance. 'Do you really believe that a horseshoe brings luck?' he asks. 'No,' replies the col… ▶311Politics
Niels BohrIf you aren't confused by quantum mechanics, you haven't really understood it.367Death
Niels BohrIf quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.357Philosophy
Niels BohrOh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be347Truth
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.292Truth
Niels BohrOpposites are not contradictory but complementary.325Life
Niels BohrYour theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true. ✨ First Philosophy: The Theory of Everything. Book by Spencer Scoular, 2007.281PhilosophyReadingTruth
Niels BohrA physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.316Humanity
Niels BohrWhen it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. ✨ Niels Bohr's response to questions on the nature of language during his first meeting with Werner Heis… ▶283Death
Niels BohrThe opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.284Truth
Niels BohrAn independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation. ✨ Niels Bohr (2011). Atomic Theory and th… ▶329Truth
Niels BohrThe meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.296LifePhilosophyTruth
Niels BohrAnyone not shocked by quantum mechanics has not yet understood it.264Reading
Niels BohrYou must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!3210HumanityThought
Niels BohrWhat 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.286HumanityLifeThought
Niels BohrEvery sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.297Sadness
Niels BohrThe best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.275Life
Niels BohrThe old saying of the two kinds of truth. To the one kind belongs statements so simple and clear that the opposite assertion obviously could not be defended. The other kind, the s… ▶254PoliticsTruth
Niels BohrThere 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.243Truth
Niels BohrWhen asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think tha… ▶233Thought
Niels BohrPrediction is difficult, especially the future.267HopeTime
