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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.

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Niels Bohr
Age: 77 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 7
Died: 1962
Died: November 18
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In physics we deal with states of affairs much simpler than those of psychology and yet we again and again learn that our task is not to investigate the essence of things-we do not at all know what this would mean&mashbut to develop those concepts that allow us to speak with each other about the events of nature in a fruitful manner.
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No, no, you're not thinking you're just being logical.
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An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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It is difficult to predict, especially the future.
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If you aren't confused by quantum mechanics, you haven't really understood it.
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Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]
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Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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