144 Quotes by Niels Bohr

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.

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.

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

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

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.

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

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.

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.