TuesdaySep 16, 2025
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In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
A physicist visits a colleague and notices a horseshoe hanging on the wall above the entrance. 'Do you really believe that a horseshoe brings luck?' he asks. 'No,' replies the colleague, 'but I've been told that it works even if you don't believe in it.'
Prediction is extremely difficult. Especially about the future.
If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
There are some things that are so serious that you have to laugh at them.
We all agree that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough.
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
There are trivial truths and great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
There are two kinds of truth, small truth and great truth. You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.
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