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“A red dragonfly hovers above a backwater of the stream, its wings moving so fast that the eye sees not wings in movement but a probability distribution of where the wings might be, like electron or...”
“In the end, only the truth will survive.”
“It is the destiny of things real to destroy those that are artice.”
“Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.”
“Alternatively, anyone who favors Intelligent Design in lieu of evolution might pause to wonder why God devoted so much of His intelligence to designing malarial parasites.”
“Ending up with that gigantic outsized brain must have taken some sort of runaway evolutionary process, something that would push and push without limits.And today's scientists had a pretty good gue...”
“What happens to the world when science stops evolving?”
“For great many species today, fitness means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force.”
“Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.”
“Much of what we think of as human evolved long after the use of tools. It is probably more correct to think of much of our structure as the result of culture than it is to think of men anatomically...”
“Let's look at one more quick example of modern evolution atwork. In the early 1800s, light-colored lichens covered many ofthe trees in the English countryside. The peppered moth was alight-colored ...”
“The forces that we deal with have two sides: one is good and helpful and the other is dark and dangerous. Part of your training is to learn to distinguish between them, and know when to use which. ...”
“Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same.”
“There is no separate supernatural realm: all phenomena are part of one natural process of evolution.”
“Evolution has taught them that pointless harm will ultimately harm themselves.”
“That is life's talent. To accept new things.”
“Many people require more than just evidence before theyll accept evolution. To these folks,evolution raises such profound questions of purpose, morality, and meaning that they just cant accept it n...”
“We are only fully human when we act as if the life beyond us matters.”
“The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction.”
“Mediation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.”
