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> [I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in any field of science... This loosening of thinking seems to me to be the greatest blessing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/i-believe-that-ideas-such-as-absolute-certitude-absolute-exactness/)

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## More by Max Born

> [To present a scientific subject in an attractive and stimulating manner is an artistic task, similar to that of a novelist or even a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/to-present-a-scientific-subject-in-an-attractive-and-stimulating/)

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> [All attempts to adapt our ethical code to our situation in the technological age have failed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/all-attempts-to-adapt-our-ethical-code-to-our-situation-in-the/)

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> [I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/i-believe-that-ideas-such-as-absolute-certitude-absolute-exactness/)

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> [Science is not formal logic-it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/science-is-not-formal-logic-it-needs-the-free-play-of-the-mind-in-as/)

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> [During my span of life science has become a matter of public concern and the l'art pour l'art standpoint of my youth is now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/during-my-span-of-life-science-has-become-a-matter-of-public-concern/)

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> [We have sought for firm ground and found none. The deeper we penetrate, the more restless becomes the universe; all is rushing about and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/we-have-sought-for-firm-ground-and-found-none-the-deeper-we-penetrate/)

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> [Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/science-is-so-greatly-opposed-to-history-and-tradition-that-it-cannot/)

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> [The human race has today the means for annihilating itself--either in a fit of complete lunacy, i.e., in a big war...or by the careless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/the-human-race-has-today-the-means-for-annihilating-itself-either-in/)

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> [If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/if-god-has-made-the-world-a-perfect-mechanism-he-has-at-least/)

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> [It is odd to think that there is a word for something which, strictly speaking, does not exist, namely, "rest." We distinguish between living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/it-is-odd-to-think-that-there-is-a-word-for-something-which-strictly/)

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> [And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/and-the-continuity-of-our-science-has-not-been-affected-by-all-these/)

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> [The difficulty involved in the proper and adequate means of describing changes in continuous deformable bodies is the method of differential equations. ... They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/the-difficulty-involved-in-the-proper-and-adequate-means-of/)

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> [“There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the far-fetched, and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/there-are-two-objectionable-types-of-believers-those-who-believe-the/)

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> [My advice to those who which to learn the art of scientific prophesy is not to rely on abstract reason, but to decipher the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/my-advice-to-those-who-which-to-learn-the-art-of-scientific-prophesy/)

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> [I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-born/i-am-now-convinced-that-theoretical-physics-is-actually-philosophy/)

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