A Physicist Is Just An Atom's Way

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.

In Physics We Deal With States Of Affairs Much Simpler Than Those Of Psychology And Yet We Again And Again Learn That Our Task Is Not To Investigate The Essence Of Things-we Do Not At All Know What This Would Mean&mash;but To Develop Those Concepts That Allow Us To Speak With Each Other About The Events Of Nature In A Fruitful Manner.

We Are Trapped By Language To Such A Degree That Every Attempt To Formulate Insight Is A Play On Words.

We Are All Agreed That Your Theory Is Crazy. The Question Which Divides Us Is Whether It Is Crazy Enough To Have A Chance Of Being Correct. My Own Feeling Is That It Is Not Crazy Enough.

A Visitor To Niels Bohr's Country Cottage, Noticing A Horseshoe Hanging On The Wall, Teasing The Eminent Scientist About This Ancient Superstition. "can It Be True That You, Of All People, Believe It Will Bring You Luck?' 'of Course Not,' Replied Bohr, 'but I Understand It Brings You Luck Whether You Believe It Or Not.'