Diminish Quote by C. D. Darlington

Only the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man's losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal…

— Roberto Assagioli

Not all the winds, and storms, and earthquakes, and seas, and seasons of the world, have done so much to revolutionize the earth as…

— Horace Bushnell

President Heber J. Grant often quoted the following statement, which is sometimes attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “That which we persist in doing becomes…

— Heber J. Grant

Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature…

— Rachel Carson

We have too long treated the natural world as an adversary rather than as a life-sustaining gift from the Almighty. If man has the…

— Gerald R. Ford

When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is extinguished with…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment…

— Stephen Hawking

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.

— William Cowper

The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good.

— Thomas Hobbes

Everything on this earth can be made into something better. Every defeat may be made the foundation of a future victory. Every lost war…

— Adolf Hitler

“The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many. Educate and Empower…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

The human race has reached a turning point. Man has opened the secrets of nature and mastered new powers. If he uses them wisely,…

— Harry S. Truman