Bohr, Niels

"What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."

"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them."

"Courage is what you need when you are about to do something difficult."

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."

"Truth is an integral part of scientific thinking."

"Technology is like a game - if you don't know the rules, you will lose."

"The fundamental laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large part of physics are thus completely known."

"We must realize that knowledge is a shared endeavor."

"Nature works in mysterious ways that defy our everyday intuition."

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself."

"Genius is knowing when to stop."

"The goal of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error."

"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

"Enthusiasm is the first step on the road to success."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"We are not going to be able to operate our spacecraft unless we are aware of where our atoms came from."

"The beauty of science is that it allows us to understand the world with greater clarity."

"Every great discovery requires an irrational leap."

"Human knowledge is limited; our understanding of the universe is infinitesimal."

"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through."

"The most profound discoveries are often the simplest ones."

"We must accept the reality of quantum mechanics, however strange it seems."

"Education is the passport to the future."

"The worth of a human being resides in his ability to think and create."

"Peace comes from understanding, not from ignorance."

"The pursuit of truth is humanity's greatest adventure."

"We cannot escape the fundamental limitations of our perception."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"The secrets of the universe are hidden in plain sight."

"Light and matter have a dual nature that cannot be reduced to either waves or particles alone."