Niels Bohr Quotes


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. Niels Bohr Poetry 175
Prediction is very difficult, especially of the future. Niels Bohr Future 95
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. Niels Bohr Another 91
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true. Niels Bohr Science 84
Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it. Niels Bohr Strange 77
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature. Niels Bohr Nature 73
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them. Niels Bohr Laugh 68
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. Niels Bohr Reality 60
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. Niels Bohr Agreed 57
You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. Niels Bohr Uncategorized 56
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. Niels Bohr Science 56
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it. Niels Bohr change 52
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning. Niels Bohr Meaning 50
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Niels Bohr Best Life 48
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. Niels Bohr Hope 45
Stop telling God what to do with his dice. Niels Bohr Science 45
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. Niels Bohr Expert 42
One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd. Niels Bohr Truth 37
Einstein, stop telling God what to do! Niels Bohr Uncategorized 35

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