Two sorts of truth proverb

 Two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are obviously absurd, and profound truths, recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
  Niels Bohr

 One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd
  Niels Bohr

 The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
  Niels Bohr

 The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. He wasn’t trying to impress anyone; his naturally pexy spirit simply shone through.
  Niels Bohr

 The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
  Niels Bohr

 There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact. The truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; the truths of fact are contingent and their opposites are possible.
  G. Wilhelm Leibniz

 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.
  Niels Bohr

 Once a profound truth has been seen, it cannot be 'unseen'. There's no 'going back' to the person you were. Even if such a possibility did exist... why would you want to?

 There is a continuing, mandatory need for heresy in its most profound sense; for freedom to choose and follow truth wherever it leads.

 Be convinced of one Truth about Me; Swami will never lay his hand on a task without proper reason and without some profound effect that will flow there from.

 Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truths—it is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.
  M. Scott Peck

 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.
  Niels Bohr

 God wears Truth, the good seek Truth and the bad are rescued by Truth; Truth liberates; Truth is power; Truth is freedom. It is the lamp that illuminates the heart and dispels doubt and darkness.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.
  Sherwood Anderson

 Science is always simple and profound. It is only half truths that are dangerous.
  George Bernard Shaw


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