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> [Suddenly, there was an enormous flash of light, the brightest light I have ever seen or that I think anyone has ever seen. It blasted; it pounced; it bored its way into you. It was a vision which was seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/suddenly-there-was-an-enormous-flash-of-light-the-brightest-light-i/)

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> [“Suddenly, there was an enormous flash of light, the brightest light I have ever seen or that I think anyone has ever seen. It blasted; it pounced; it bored its way into you. It was a vision which was seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/suddenly-there-was-an-enormous-flash-of-light-the-brightest-light-i-2/)

[Isidor Isaac Rabi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isidor-isaac-rabi/)

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## More by Isidor Isaac Rabi

> [There are questions which illuminate, and there are those that destroy. I was always taught to ask the first kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/there-are-questions-which-illuminate-and-there-are-those-that-destroy/)

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> [I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/i-think-physicists-are-the-peter-pans-of-the-human-race-they-never/)

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> [My ideal man is Benjamin Franklin-the figure in American history most worthy of emulation ... Franklin is my ideal of a whole man. ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/my-ideal-man-is-benjamin-franklin-the-figure-in-american-history-most/)

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> [To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and meaning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/to-me-science-is-an-expression-of-the-human-spirit-which-reaches/)

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> [The scientist does not defy the universe. He accepts it. It is his dish to savor, his realm to explore; it is his adventure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/the-scientist-does-not-defy-the-universe-he-accepts-it-it-is-his-dish/)

[Isidor Isaac Rabi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isidor-isaac-rabi/)

> [Physics is an otherworld thing, it requires a taste for things unseen, even unheard of- a high degree of abstraction... These faculties die off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/physics-is-an-otherworld-thing-it-requires-a-taste-for-things-unseen/)

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> [As yet, if a man has no feeling for art he is considered narrow-minded, but if he has no feeling for science this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/as-yet-if-a-man-has-no-feeling-for-art-he-is-considered-narrow-minded/)

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> [Suddenly, there was an enormous flash of light, the brightest light I have ever seen or that I think anyone has ever seen. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/suddenly-there-was-an-enormous-flash-of-light-the-brightest-light-i/)

[Isidor Isaac Rabi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isidor-isaac-rabi/)

> [Most new insights come only after a superabundant accumulation of facts have removed the blindness which prevented us from seeing what later comes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/most-new-insights-come-only-after-a-superabundant-accumulation-of/)

[Isidor Isaac Rabi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isidor-isaac-rabi/)

> [Physics filled me with awe, put me in touch with a sense of original causes. Physics brought me closer to God. That feeling stayed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/physics-filled-me-with-awe-put-me-in-touch-with-a-sense-of-original/)

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> [It was eerie. I saw myself in that machine. I never thought my work would come to this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/it-was-eerie-i-saw-myself-in-that-machine-i-never-thought-my-work/)

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> [“Suddenly, there was an enormous flash of light, the brightest light I have ever seen or that I think anyone has ever seen. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/suddenly-there-was-an-enormous-flash-of-light-the-brightest-light-i-2/)

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> [ “When \[Niels\] Bohr is about everything is somehow different. Even the dullest gets a fit of brilliancy.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/when-niels-bohr-is-about-everything-is-somehow-different-even-the/)

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> [Science itself is badly in need of integration and unification. The tendency is more and more the other way ... Only the graduate student,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/science-itself-is-badly-in-need-of-integration-and-unification-the/)

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> [If you decide you don't have to get A's, you can learn an enormous amount in college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidor-isaac-rabi/if-you-decide-you-don-t-have-to-get-a-s-you-can-learn-an-enormous/)

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