Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

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