Niels Bohr
physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist, philosopher of science, association football player, chemist
Read on Wikipedia1885 – 1962
All Quotes by Niels Bohr
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.”
“How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
“You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.”
“There are trivial truths and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.”
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.”
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.”
“The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.”
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.”