Quote by Niels Bohr
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some ho

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

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

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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. – Niels Bohr

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Philosophical
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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. – Niels Bohr

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…the thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it… – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. – Henry Van Dyke

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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds. – Will Durant

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For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. – Luther Burbank

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Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it. – King Hussein I

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I dont do marriage. I think its incredibly naff. And I dont like vulgar displays of ostentation. – Jenny Eclair

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