Technology Quotes

From the printing press to AI, these quotes explore humanity's relationship with its own inventions.

12000 quotes

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"Technology advances should benefit all humanity."
Giambattista della Porta
M
"The greatest technology is the cultivation of the human spirit."
Marsilio Ficino
"Technology is merely an extension of human capability"
Giambattista Vico
P
"Technology is a mirror reflecting both our highest ideals and darkest impulses."
Pico della Mirandola
P
"The ultimate technology is not external; it is the cultivation of human potential."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Technology amplifies human nature—both its nobility and its folly."
Giambattista della Porta
G
"Technology without wisdom is like fire in the hands of a sleeping child."
Giambattista della Porta
G
"Technology is a tool; wisdom determines how we use it."
Giambattista della Porta
P
"Technology is neutral; morality lies in its use."
Pico della Mirandola
M
"Technology is a tool; wisdom lies in knowing when not to use it."
Marsilio Ficino
M
"Technology advances, but wisdom must advance more quickly, or we perish."
Marsilio Ficino
E
"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Edward Wotton
E
"Technology should improve your life, not run it."
Edward Wotton
N
"Technology should serve humanity, not enslave it."
Nicodemus Copernicus
G
"Technology should serve man, not enslave him."
Girolamo Savonarola
A
"The technology of the future will be the wisdom of those who understand nature's laws."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
E
"Technology is a mirror reflecting humanity's choices back upon itself."
Edward Wotton
N
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."
Nicodemus Copernicus
E
"Technology should serve humanity, not command it."
Edward Wotton
E
"The technology that liberates can also enslave if misused."
Edward Wotton
C
"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Cosimo de Medici
G
"Innovation without morality is the serpent coiled in the garden of progress."
Girolamo Savonarola
A
"The greatest technology is the development of consciousness itself."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
A
"Technology should serve humanity; any technology that enslaves has lost its purpose."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
C
"Technology serves man, or man becomes servant to technology."
Cosimo de Medici
C
"Technology should amplify human capability, not replace human wisdom."
Cosimo de Medici
E
"Technology should serve humanity, never tyrannize it."
Edward Wotton
E
"The technology we create inevitably creates us in turn."
Edward Wotton
C
"Technology should serve humanity, never command it."
Cosimo de Medici
G
"Technology is merely nature's secrets made manifest."
Giovan Battista della Porta