Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Wernher von Braun
Age: 65 †
Born: 1912
Born: March 23
Died: 1977
Died: June 16
Aerospace Engineer
Architect
Engineer
Inventor
Military Personnel
Non-Fiction Writer
Physicist
Rocket Scientist
Wirsitz
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
Understand
Forces
Science
Creator
Nature
Contrary
Around
Creation
Antagonists
Better
Within
Antagonist
Trying
Religion
Harness
Men
Learn
Sisters
Force
Tries

More quotes by Wernher von Braun

Image
I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science.
Wernher von Braun
Image
Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
Wernher von Braun
Image
A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn't keep his hands dirty.
Wernher von Braun
Image
It is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science classroom. It would be an error to overlook the possibility that the universe was planned rather than happening by chance.
Wernher von Braun
Image
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
Wernher von Braun
Image
If we were to start today on an organized and well-supported space program I believe a practical passenger rocket can be built and tested within ten years.
Wernher von Braun
Image
There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.
Wernher von Braun
Image
I believe that the time has arrived for medical investigation of the problems of manned rocket flight, for it will not be the engineering problems but rather the limits of the human frame that will make the final decision as to whether manned space flight will eventually become a reality.
Wernher von Braun
Image
Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month.
Wernher von Braun
Image
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
Image
By the year 2000 we will undoubtedly have a sizable operation on the Moon, we will have achieved a manned Mars landing and it's entirely possible we will have flown with men to the outer planets.
Wernher von Braun
Image
The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
Wernher von Braun
Image
If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.
Wernher von Braun
Image
I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.
Wernher von Braun
Image
The logistic requirements for a large, elaborate mission to Mars are no greater that those for a minor military operation extending over a limited theatre of war.
Wernher von Braun
Image
Nature does not know extinction all it knows is transformation. ... Everything science has taught me-and continues to teach me-strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace.
Wernher von Braun
Image
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
Image
Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
Wernher von Braun
Image
For me, the idea of a creation is not conceivable without invoking the necessity of design. One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.
Wernher von Braun
Image
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