Accomplished Quote by Sinclair Lewis

Modern societies accepted the treasures and the power offered them by science. But they have not accepted - they have scarcely even heard -…

— Jacques Monod

Scientific civilisation has destroyed the soul of the world.

— Alexis Carrel

Armed with all the powers, enjoying all the wealth they owe to science, our societies are still trying to practice and to teach systems…

— Jacques Monod

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in our ability…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Science remains the author of our major problem, in its gift of tremendous power that has been terribly abused; but for the wise use…

— Herbert J. Muller

If, then, this civilization is to be saved, if it is not to be submerged by centuries of barbarism, but to secure the treasures…

— Johan Huizinga

It is worth remembering (though there is nothing that we can do about it) that the world as it really is may easily be…

— C. D. Broad

“If one destroyed in museums and libraries, if one hurled down on the flagstones before the churches all the works and all the monuments…

— Gustave Le Bon

Barbarism is the natural state of mankind,

— Robert E. Howard

Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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 brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.

— Jacques Ellul