It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor
the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not
discovered the value of life.
The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble
by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.
If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a
rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we
recognise that we ought to control our thoughts.
The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology
is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved
theory, is it then a science or faith?
Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a
divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter God.
An American Monkey after getting drunk on Brandy would
never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other
qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called
moral.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too)
those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections,
- a mere heart of stone.
Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of
subsistence.
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