1. Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding
2. Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding
3. Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her.
Science & Human Values
4. This is the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz. This is where people were turned into numbers. Into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people. And that was not done by gas. It was done by arrogance. It was done by dogma. It was done by ignorance. When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is how they behave.
The Ascent of Man