It seems significant that according to quantum physics the indestructibility of energy on one hand which expresses its timeless existence and the appearance of energy in space and time on the other hand correspond to two contradictory (complementary) aspects of… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
Modern man, seeking a middle position in the evaluation of sense impression and thought, can, following Plato , interpret the process of understanding nature… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
Although I have no objection to accepting the existence of relatively constant psychic contents that survive personal ego, it must always be born in… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
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. — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
A colleague who met me strolling rather aimlessly in the beautiful streets of Copenhagen said to me in a friendly manner, "You look very… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
“Our friend Dirac has a creed; and the main tenet of that creed is: There is no God, and Dirac is his prophet.” — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
One shouldn't work on semiconductors, that is a filthy mess; who knows whether any semiconductors exist. — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
The fact that the author thinks slowly is not serious, but the fact that he publishes faster than he thinks is inexcusable. — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
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… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
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… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
The best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply to misunderstand at a deeper level. — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
How can one avoid despondency if one thinks of the anomalous Zeeman effect? — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image