It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
The old saying of the two kinds of truth. To the one kind belongs statements so simple and clear that the opposite… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it's exact opposite is also true. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement.… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself it’s own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.” — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics] — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Every description of natural processes must be based on ideas which have been introduced and defined by the classical theory. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
