102 Quotes by Jonas Salk

I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?

I'm saying that we should trust our intuition. I believe that the principles of universal evolution are revealed to us through intuition. And I think that if we combine our intuition and our reason, we can respond in an evolutionary sound way to our problems.

It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.

I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution.

If all insects disappeared, all life on earth would perish. If all humans disappeared, all life on earth would flourish.

What is ... important is that we - number one: Learn to live with each other. Number two: try to bring out the best in each other.

Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.

If humankind would accept and acknowledge this responsibility and become creatively engaged in the process of evolution, consciously as well as unconsciously, a new reality would emerge, and a new age could be born.

This is perhaps the most beautiful time in human history; it is really pregnant with all kinds of creative possibilities made possible by science and technology which now constitute the slave of man - if man is not enslaved by it.