Get me a broom. I'll sweep my own office. Wernher von Braun More Quotes by Wernher von Braun More Quotes From Wernher von Braun My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun? Wernher von Braun light god science In this modern world of ours many people seem to think that science has somehow made such religious ideas as immortality untimely or old fashioned. I think science has a real surprise for the skeptics. Science, for instance, tells us that nothing in nature, not even the tiniest particle, can disappear without a trace. Nature does not know extinction. All it knows is transformation. If God applies this fundamental principle to the most minute and insignificant parts of His universe, doesn't it make sense to assume that He applies it to the masterpiece of His creation, the human soul? Wernher von Braun real religious thinking It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket. Wernher von Braun rockets failure errors Science and religion are not antagonists. On the contrary, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about the creation, religion tries to better understand the Creator. While through science man tries to harness the forces of nature around him, through religion he tries to harness the force of nature within him. Wernher von Braun creation trying men Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently. Wernher von Braun knives differences science Although I know of no reference to Christ ever commenting on scientific work, I do know that He said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Thus I am certain that, were He among us today, Christ would encourage scientific research as modern man's most noble striving to comprehend and admire His Father's handiwork. The universe as revealed through scientific inquiry is the living witness that God has indeed been at work. Wernher von Braun atheism men father I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. Wernher von Braun success positive inspirational It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet. Wernher von Braun planets successful The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet. Wernher von Braun rockets planets science Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing. Wernher von Braun humorous wisdom witty The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. Wernher von Braun funny-work technology men To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself. Wernher von Braun concepts objectivity One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions. Wernher von Braun tests opinion experts Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there. Wernher von Braun space want men In this age of space flight, when we use the modern tools of science to advance into new regions of human activity, the Bible... remains in every way an up-to-date book. Our knowledge and use of the laws of nature that enable us to fly to the Moon also enable us to destroy our home planet with the atom bomb. Science itself does not address the question whether we should use the power at our disposal for good or for evil. The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral law of God. Wernher von Braun christian bible book I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal. Wernher von Braun soul science believe Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity. Wernher von Braun tape red two Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its effects that we use it to illuminate our cities, guide our airlines through the night skies and take the most accurate measurements. What strange rationale makes some physicists accept the inconceivable electrons as real while refusing to accept the reality of a Designer on the ground that they cannot conceive Him? Wernher von Braun airplane real god A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn't keep his hands dirty. Wernher von Braun stale hands dirty We should remember that science exists only because there are people, and its concepts exist only in the minds of men. Behind these concepts lies the reality which is being revealed to us, but only by the grace of God. Wernher von Braun men lying reality
