...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet now that it is here, one suspects that Hitler never could have consolidated his totalitarian control over Germany without its use. One never can tell what hands will reach out to lay hold on scientific gifts, or to what employment they will be put. Ever the old barbarian emerges, destructively using the new civilization.
Harry Emerson FosdickI hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.
Harry Emerson FosdickEvery failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier
Harry Emerson FosdickThe stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distance.
Harry Emerson FosdickFearr imprisons, faith liberates; fear paralyzes, faith empowers; fear disheartens, faith encourages; fear sickens, faith heals; fear makes useless, faith also makes serviceable az quotes.
Harry Emerson Fosdick