After reading a paper by a young theoretical scientist, Pauli, shaking his head sadly, commented: That is not even wrong. — 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
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
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
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
“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
One shouldn't work on semiconductors, that is a filthy mess; who knows whether any semiconductors exist. — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share
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
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
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
The best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply to misunderstand at a deeper level. — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share
How can one avoid despondency if one thinks of the anomalous Zeeman effect? — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share
If speculative ideas can not be tested, they're not science; they don't even rise to the level of being wrong. — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share
From the point of view of logic, my report on 'Exclusion principle and quantum mechanics' has no conclusion. I believe that it will only… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share
For quite a while I have set for myself the rule if a theoretician says 'universal' it just means pure nonsense. — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share
