#powers

For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the image we then make of ourselves. ↗

— Albert Claude

#given #image #instruments #make #moment

No doubt, man will continue to weigh and to measure, watch himself grow, and his Universe around him and with him, according to the ever growing powers of his tools. ↗

— Albert Claude

#around #continue #doubt #ever #grow

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition. ↗

— Henry Clay

#competition #greater #human #human powers #mankind

The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative powers, we see that it is our powerful ally, not a force to feared our subdued. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

#becomes #clear #crises #feared #force

Asleep you can experience many hours whilst only a few waking moments have passed. This is why dreams are an ideal platform for training. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#chi-ro-jin #dreaming #dreams #experience #lucid-dreams

Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom. It continues to be essential that our civil liberties are safeguarded, and that the state is not given the powers to snoop on its citizens at will. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#civil #civil liberties #continues #democrats #essential

Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche. ↗

— George Crumb

#arise #composers #deeper #discussions #i

Furthermore, it is not distorting history to say that it was largely through the efforts and propaganda of our International Federation that the government of the U.S.S.R. was recognized by the majority of the great powers. ↗

— Leon Jouhaux

#efforts #federation #furthermore #government #great

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#does #due #force #legitimate #obedience

People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#beauty #beholder #dared #empowers #eye