In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.

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

Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.

Of course I don't believe in it [pointing to horseshoe on his office wall]. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.

The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.

Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature

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.