"...while science gives us implements to use, science……" — Harry Emerson Fosdick
"...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet now that it is here, one suspects that Hitler never could have consolidated his totalitarian control over Germany without its use. One never can tell what hands will reach out to lay hold on scientific gifts, or to what employment they will be put. Ever the old barbarian emerges, destructively using the new civilization."
—
Harry Emerson Fosdick
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
91 Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick has 91 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the…
-
No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.
-
I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses...
-
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
-
Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may…
-
No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
-
The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous…
-
We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give…
-
Some things mankind can finish and be done with, but not ... science, that persists, and changes from ancient Chaldeans…
-
Every great scientist becomes a great scientist because of the inner self-abnegation with which he stands before truth, saying: "Not…
-
Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation…
-
One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.
See all 91 quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick »
More Alone Quotes
This quote is filed under Alone Quotes,
one of 10,353 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately…
— J. J. Abrams
-
There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
— Paul Auster
-
I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
— Dido Armstrong
-
India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
-
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
— Jane Austen
-
I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
— Richard Avedon
-
Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
— Teresa of Avila
-
While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
— Teresa of Avila
-
The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
— Diane Ackerman
-
The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
— Ibrahim Babangida
-
In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
— Michelle Bachelet
-
We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
See all 10,353 Alone Quotes »