The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the read more

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is
no power but of God: the powers read more

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is
no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
[Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]

Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
[Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]

Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity read more

Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough read more

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we read more

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.