"Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it."
— Niels Bohr
Every Great And Deep Difficulty Bears
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
About this quote
This reflection is attributed to Niels Bohr based on conversations recorded by Aage Petersen, his assistant and secretary in later years, though no precise written source has been identified. Bohr was famous for thinking aloud through difficulties and for his conviction that productive confusion was often more valuable than premature clarity. His approach to the paradoxes of quantum mechanics — refusing to resolve them by fiat but allowing them to force a genuine reconceptualization — is the most famous illustration of this principle.
Source
Attributed, from conversations recorded by Aage Petersen
