“ In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. ”
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“ We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the BhagavadGita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multiarmed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. ”
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“ Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the BhagavadGita after witnessing the first Nuclear explosion.) ”
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“ The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist knows it. ”
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“ A man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. ”
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“ There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago. ”
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“ The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist knows it. ”
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“ In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. ”
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“ Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. ”
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“ A man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. ”
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“ Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. ”
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“ When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb. ”
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“ We knew the world could not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita: I am became Death, the destroyers of worlds. I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. ”
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“ The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.The pessimist fears it is true. ”
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“ The open society, the unrestricted access to knowledge, the unplanned and uninhibited association of men for its furtherance - these are what may make a vast, complex, ever growing, ever changing, ever more specialized and expert technological world, nevertheless a world of human community. ”
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“ There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors. ”
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“ Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries. ”
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“ The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.The pessimist fears it is true. ”
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“ The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; The wise grows it under his feet. ”
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“ We knew the world could not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita: I am became Death, the destroyers of worlds. I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. ”
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“ Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries. ”
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“ Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. ”
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“ A man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. ”
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“ Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries. ”
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“ In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. ”
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“ Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. ”
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“ The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country. ”
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