“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
“There are trivial truths and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.”
“You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.”
“It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth”
“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.”
“The opposite of a correct statement is an incorrect statement. The opposite of a profound truth is another profound truth (Niels Bohr)." By this, he means that we require a larger reading of the human past, of our relations with each other, the universe and God, a retelling of our older tales to encompass many truths and to let us grow with change.”
“There are some things so serious that you have to laugh at them.”