Quotes About Evolution

I believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the age of the Earth, for I don't believe that we come anywhere near comprehending the mind of God or the workings of the universe. Science can explain a lot, but it cannot give us faith, and I think we need both.

Sometimes, you have to destroy something in order to build something better.

History is like that, always gobbling up the present.

I could be afraid, then become courageous. I could be small-minded, then come to understand. I could be selfish. Then move beyond it. I could start as human, then allow myself to become something more.

Sometimes, a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.

You had to adapt. Move. Change. That was good, but it could also threaten identity, connection, and sense of purpose.

We always pretend the ideals and culture of the past have aged like wine, but in truth, the ideas of the past tend to age more like biscuits. They simply get stale.

Youthful immaturity is one of the cosmere's great catalysts for change.

He hadn't changed in one giant leap, but across a million little steps.

Who... who are you?" "I am what you will soon be. I am a survivor.

Before we get to this, let me explain something about myself. I've been many things in my life. Student. Spy. Sacrifice. Potted plant. However, at this point, I'm something completely different from all of those—something more frightening than any of them. I'm a writer.

All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline.

A man can be reforged.

Evolution doesn't 'try' to do anything," M-Bot said. "But like it or not, you are the pinnacle of its work. All evolutionary pressures throughout all the ages among your species have resulted in you." "Bet it feels embarrassed," I said

You couldn't live your life getting up and seeing the same things every day. You had to keep moving, otherwise people started to know who you were, and then they started to expect things from you. It was one step from there to being gobbled up.

He'd once believed he had been four men in his life, but he now saw he'd grossly underestimated. He hadn't lived as two, or four, or six men—he had lived as thousands, for each day he became someone slightly different. He hadn't changed in one giant leap, but across a million little steps.

sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a person who is in the process of changing.

Because every path we walk changes us, Spensa

Memories are fossils, the bones left by dead versions of ourselves.

The world is progressing. One man cannot slow it, no matter how determined he is." He stopped in the path. You cannot stop the tides from changing, Dusk. No matter how determined you are. His mother's words.

The past is boring anyway. We always pretend the ideals and culture of the past have aged like wine, but in truth, the ideas of the past tend to age more like biscuits. They simply get stale.

Sometimes doing things we used to do reminds us of who we used to be, and not always in good ways.

People are elastic, Wax thought. We can keep reshaping ourselves. And if we're not quite the same as before, well, that's good. It means we can grow.

Enjoying danger sounds like an evolutionary problem," M-Bot said. "Shouldn't you find things fun when they're safe?" "Who knows?" I said. "I don't think evolution was trying to create me. I just kind of happened.