Martin Luther Quotes
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
Quotes to Explore
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The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
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We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.
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Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
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Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.
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Anti-frackers are disingenuous. They bow to the religion of environmentalism.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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Some sciences need mutual support and assistance to develop. The majority of these are physical sciences. Mutual support has almost no use in other disciplines, such as attainment of intuitive knowledge of God or spiritual progress.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.
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If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
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Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
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Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building.
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The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.
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If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
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With wolves, solidarity is first but when they hunt, they change roles. The implicit hierarchy depends on who does what. In an organization one unique person makes a difference, but you need teamwork to make it happen.
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A baseball club is part of the chemistry of the city. A game isn't just an athletic contest. It's a picnic, a kind of town meeting.
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Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
