"We all know that the real reason universities……" — John Archibald Wheeler
"We all know that the real reason universities have students is in order to educate the professors."
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20 Quotes by John Archibald Wheeler
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If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
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The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.
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We will first understand how simple the universe is when we recognize how strange it is.
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There are many modes of thinking about the world around us and our place in it. I like to consider…
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To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love.…
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Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.
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It from Bit symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom an immaterial source and…
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I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am…
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One can only learn by teaching.
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I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and…
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In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.
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We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the…
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