Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"The universe does not ask permission; it simply realizes all possibilities."Everett, Hugh
"The power of science lies in its ability to question and verify."Bohr, Niels
"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't' which is just another way of saying that you can't."Feynman, Richard
"We are not responsible for what we are taught; we are responsible for ourselves."Feynman, Richard
"The power of an idea lies in its ability to transform the world."Wigner, Eugene
"Power without responsibility is tyranny."Wigner, Eugene
"The power of mathematics lies in its ability to model reality."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"The power of abstraction is the mathematician's greatest tool."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"Power over nature comes through mathematical understanding."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"Power to understand the universe lies within mathematical frameworks."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"Ideas are more powerful than any physical force."Hilbert, David
"Power comes not from domination but from understanding."Weyl, Hermann
"Power over nature comes through understanding its laws, not through force."Weyl, Hermann
"The power of abstraction is that it reveals the universal in the particular."Weyl, Hermann
"The power of mathematics lies not in what it tells us, but in what we must become to understand it."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"The power of a symbol lies not in itself, but in what it represents."Hilbert, David
"The creation of new understandings is the ultimate form of power."Whitehead, Alfred North
"Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is impotence."Wigner, Eugene
"The power of mathematics lies not in what it can calculate but in what it reveals."Hilbert, David
"The power of ideas is immeasurable."Church, Alonzo
"The power of reason transcends all boundaries."Church, Alonzo
"The power of thought lies not in its correctness, but in its scope and depth."Poincaré, Henri
"Power without mercy is tyranny; mercy without power is ineffectual."Whitehead, Alfred North
"The power of mathematics lies not in its results, but in its methods."Hilbert, David
"Mathematics is the triumph of reason over chaos."Hilbert, David
"The power of ideas lies in their ability to transform reality."Church, Alonzo
"Power without wisdom is tyranny."Church, Alonzo
"Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is helplessness."Poincaré, Henri
"The power of a great idea is that it contains within itself the seeds of its own transformation."Whitehead, Alfred North
"Power without wisdom is tyranny."Dummett, Michael