Author: Jacob Bronowski

Quotes

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

- Jacob Bronowski

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.

- Jacob Bronowski

Power is the by-product of understanding.

Power is the by-product of understanding.

- Jacob Bronowski

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

- Jacob Bronowski

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

- Jacob Bronowski

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.

- Jacob Bronowski

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.

- Jacob Bronowski

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

- Jacob Bronowski

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

- Jacob Bronowski

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