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> [Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp it - in a decade, a century, or a millennium - we will all say to each other, how could it have been otherwise? How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/behind-it-all-is-surely-an-idea-so-simple-so-beautiful-that-when-we/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

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## More by John Archibald Wheeler

> [“Never make a calculation until you know the answer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/never-make-a-calculation-until-you-know-the-answer/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/spacetime-tells-matter-how-to-move-matter-tells-spacetime-how-to-curve/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [“Never make a calculation until you know the answer. Make an estimate before every calculation, try a simple physical argument (symmetry! invariance! conservation!) before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/never-make-a-calculation-until-you-know-the-answer-make-an-estimate/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [One can only learn by teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/one-can-only-learn-by-teaching/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [Time, among all concepts in the world of physics, puts up the greatest resistance to being dethroned from ideal continuum to the world of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/time-among-all-concepts-in-the-world-of-physics-puts-up-the-greatest/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [The laws of physics that we regard as 'sacred,' as immutable, are anything but.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/the-laws-of-physics-that-we-regard-as-sacred-as-immutable-are/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [There are many modes of thinking about the world around us and our place in it. I like to consider all the angles from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/there-are-many-modes-of-thinking-about-the-world-around-us-and-our/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/if-you-haven-t-found-something-strange-during-the-day-it-hasn-t-been/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/in-order-to-more-fully-understand-this-reality-we-must-take-into/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am by nature a searcher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/i-like-to-say-when-asked-why-i-pursue-science-that-it-is-to-satisfy/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> ['Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands safely behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/participant-is-the-incontrovertible-new-concept-given-by-quantum/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [We will first understand how simple the universe is when we recognize how strange it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/we-will-first-understand-how-simple-the-universe-is-when-we-recognize/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/i-like-to-think-that-someone-will-trace-how-the-deepest-thinking-of/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [Of all heroes , Spinoza was Einstein 's greatest. No one expressed more strongly then he a belief in the harmony , the beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/of-all-heroes-spinoza-was-einstein-s-greatest-no-one-expressed-more/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

> [We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-archibald-wheeler/we-are-not-only-observers-we-are-participators-in-some-strange-sense/)

[John Archibald Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-archibald-wheeler/)

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