"I have done a terrible thing, I have postulated a particle that cannot be detected."

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“The setup of the book as far as printing and paper are concerned is splendid.”

“When that amusing "Pauli effect" of the overturned vase occurred, on the occasion of the founding of the Jung Institute, I had the immediate and vivid impression that I should "pour out water inside" . Then when the connection between psychology and physics took up a relatively large part of your talk, it became even more clear to me what I was to do. The outcome of all this is the enclosed essay.”

“God made the bulk; surfaces were invented by the devil.”

“The best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply to misunderstand at a deeper level.”

“One shouldn’t work on semiconductors, that is a filthy mess; who knows whether any semiconductors exist.”

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