9 Wernher von Braun Quotes on Science

Wernher von Braun quotes on science

4. 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?

5. 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.

6. Basic research is when I'm doing what I don't know I'm doing.

12. 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.

16. One test result is worth one thousand expert opinions.

18. 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.

21. The universe is hostile only when you do not know its laws. To those who know and obey, the universe is friendly.

24. With every new answer unfolded, science has consistently discovered at least three new questions.

26. An outlook through this peephole [that manned space flight had opened] at the vast mysteries of the universe should only confirm our belief in the certainty of its Creator. 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.