Civilisation Quote by David Mitchell

Resort to science has rendered modern war so destructive of life and property that it presents a new problem to mankind, such, that unless…

— John Hessin Clarke

“The reductio ad absurdum of M.D.'s view, I argued, was that science devises ever bloodier means of war until humanity's powers of destruction overcome…

— David Mitchell

Scientific civilisation has destroyed the soul of the world.

— Alexis Carrel

Soon the day will come when science will win victory over error, justice a victory over injustice, and human love a victory over human…

— Magnus Hirschfeld

Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will…

— Margaret Beckett

Science is the future of mankind.

— Claude Cohen-Tannoudji

Science is the father of war and Nature is the mother of peace.

— Vikrant Parsai

I hate and fear 'science' because of my conviction that, for long to come if not for ever, it will be the remorseless enemy…

— George Gissing

“Science gives man ever greater powers but less significance. It gives him better tools with less purposes. It is silent on origins, values, and…

— Will Durant

Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are…

— Humphry Davy

“Nothing is so fatal to the progress of the human mind as to suppose our views of science are ultimate; that there are no…

— Humphrey Davy

Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity.

— Nikola Tesla