Niels Bohr Quotes and Sayings

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.

You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

Two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are obviously absurd, and profound truths, recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

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