Quote #8

It is always the older that emanates the new one.

More from Wolfgang Pauli

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  2. 'The designation 'Jungian Psychology' is actually already unscientific sectarianism. I only acknowledge C.G. Jung's contribution to the gen…
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  4. There is no god and Dirac is his messenger. (German: Es gibt keinen Gott und Dirac ist sein Prophet.)
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  8. I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think.

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