Quotes About Evolution

D'murr no longer needed to concern himself with the mundane affairs of humans, so trivial were they, so limited and short-sighted: political machinations, populations milling about like ants in a disturbed hill, lives flickering bright and dull like sparks from a campfire. His former life was only a vague and fading memory, without specific names or faces. He saw images, but ignored them. He could never go back to what he had been.

Resistance to change is a survival characteristic. But in its extreme form, it is poisonous—and suicidal. —Zensunni stricture

Adaptability is the essence of survival. —from the Azhar Book

Do you really expect to become more than a machine?" Taking no offense, Erasmus replied, "It is a human trait to better oneself, is it not? That is all I am trying to do.

Those who do not actively pursue progress and innovation soon find themselves at the tail end of history.

Traditionally, Guild Navigators masked their appearance, keeping themselves hidden in thick clouds of spice gas. It was generally believed that the process of becoming a Navigator transformed a person into something other than human, something more evolved. The Guild said nothing to confirm or deny the speculations.

Every relationship is an education. Each new person we welcome into our hearts is a chance to evolve into something radically different than we used to be. But what happens when those people disappear from our lives?

Every relationship is an education.... There's no graduating from this kind of education, couples just keep growing and changing until they either break up or die.

There's no graduating from this kind of education, couples just keep growing and changing until they either break up or die.

Well, robots are, of course, the monkey's natural enemy.

In the Open Circuit, characters are supposed to have 'arcs,' where they grow and evolve over the course of the story. But Mom always thought that was nonsense.

Everything good in New York used to be something awful, I guess. And everything awful used to be something good.

The tool produces according to human needs, the machine regardless of human needs.

As I see it, religion is at its best when it leads us forward, when it guides us in our spiritual growth as individuals and in our cultural evolution as a species. Unfortunately

Let's see you reconstitute yourself from dogshit!

a piece of writing is only worth doing if you're a different person at the end of the process than you were at the beginning.

The earth was once molten rock and now sings operas.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

Your life only gets better when you get better.

Rule: Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.

knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history

Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

Continually upgrade your skills in your key result areas. Remember, however good you are today, your knowledge and skills are becoming obsolete at a rapid rate. As Pat Riley, the basketball coach, said, "Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

If you constantly think thoughts of boldness and courage and self-assertion, you become progressively bolder and more courageous and more self-assertive. The more you dwell on the person you would like to be, with the qualities you would like to have, the more you implant those deep into your subconscious mind where they become part of your ongoing evolution. What you habitually think about eventually becomes a part of your character and your personality.