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> [“As I regard physics and psychology as complementary types of examination, I am certain that there is an equally valid way that must lead the psychologist 'from behind' (namely, through investigating the archetypes) into the world of physics. As an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/as-i-regard-physics-and-psychology-as-complementary-types-of/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

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## More by Wolfgang Pauli

> [Modern man, seeking a middle position in the evaluation of sense impression and thought, can, following Plato , interpret the process of understanding nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/modern-man-seeking-a-middle-position-in-the-evaluation-of-sense/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [Although I have no objection to accepting the existence of relatively constant psychic contents that survive personal ego, it must always be born in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/although-i-have-no-objection-to-accepting-the-existence-of-relatively/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [ The fact of the existence of two theories \[causal and acausal\] that contradict each other in Jung ... corresponds psychologically to the vascillation between 3 and 4. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/the-fact-of-the-existence-of-two-theories-causal-and-acausal-that/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [A colleague who met me strolling rather aimlessly in the beautiful streets of Copenhagen said to me in a friendly manner, "You look very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/a-colleague-who-met-me-strolling-rather-aimlessly-in-the-beautiful/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [“Our friend Dirac has a creed; and the main tenet of that creed is: There is no God, and Dirac is his prophet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/our-friend-dirac-has-a-creed-and-the-main-tenet-of-that-creed-is/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [One shouldn't work on semiconductors, that is a filthy mess; who knows whether any semiconductors exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/one-shouldn-t-work-on-semiconductors-that-is-a-filthy-mess-who-knows/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [The fact that the author thinks slowly is not serious, but the fact that he publishes faster than he thinks is inexcusable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/the-fact-that-the-author-thinks-slowly-is-not-serious-but-the-fact/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [When one analyzes the pre-conscious step to concepts, one always finds ideas which consist of 'symbolic images.' The first step to thinking is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/when-one-analyzes-the-pre-conscious-step-to-concepts-one-always-finds/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [The layman always means, when he says reality that he is speaking of something self-evidently known; whereas to me it seems the most important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/the-layman-always-means-when-he-says-reality-that-he-is-speaking-of/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [The best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply to misunderstand at a deeper level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/the-best-that-most-of-us-can-hope-to-achieve-in-physics-is-simply-to/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [God made the bulk; the surface was invented by the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/god-made-the-bulk-the-surface-was-invented-by-the-devil/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [How can one avoid despondency if one thinks of the anomalous Zeeman effect?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/how-can-one-avoid-despondency-if-one-thinks-of-the-anomalous-zeeman/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [If speculative ideas can not be tested, they're not science; they don't even rise to the level of being wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/if-speculative-ideas-can-not-be-tested-they-re-not-science-they-don-t/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [From the point of view of logic, my report on 'Exclusion principle and quantum mechanics' has no conclusion. I believe that it will only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/from-the-point-of-view-of-logic-my-report-on-exclusion-principle-and/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

> [For quite a while I have set for myself the rule if a theoretician says 'universal' it just means pure nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/for-quite-a-while-i-have-set-for-myself-the-rule-if-a-theoretician/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

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