Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be

The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.

There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth

Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]

We depend on our words... Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others. We must strive continually to extend the scope of our description, but in such a way that our messages do not thereby lose their objective or unambiguous character... We are suspended in language in such a way that we cannot say what is up and what is down. The word "reality" is also a word, a word which we must learn to use correctly.

Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.

When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.