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Belief
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Of course I don't believe in it. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
-Neils Bohr, When asked why he had a horseshoe on his wall
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Difficulty
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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.
-Neils Bohr
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Expertise
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.
-Neils Bohr
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Prophecy
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
-Neils Bohr
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Science
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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
-Neils Bohr
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Technology
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Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.
-Neils Bohr
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Thought
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
-Neils Bohr
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Truth
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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
-Neils Bohr
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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.
-Neils Bohr
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There are two kinds of truth, small truth and great truth. You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.
-Neils Bohr
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Books by and about Neils Bohr