Quotes About Evolution

The next evolutionary step for humankind is to move from human to kind.

Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues.

A closed mind is a good thing to lose.

Civilization is a slow process of adopting the ideas of minorities.

l'adaptabilité est le secret de la survie. Selon Charles Darwin, ni le plus fort ni le plus intelligent mais seulement les espèces les plus adaptables gagne à la fin. Alors faites de votre mieux pour être le plus adaptable, dans votre vie personnelle autant que dans les relations professionnelles. Qui est le secret de la survie et de succès!" - Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate.

Old hackers never die. They just go to bitnet.

Old programmers never die. They just branch out to a new address.

Optimization hinders evolution.

Parvis e glandibus quercus [Tall oaks from little acorns grow].

Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis [Times change, and we change with them too].

The most stylish and successful rooms are not those who slavishly follow a theme, but those who evolve gradually.

each morning we're born again of yesterday nothing remains what's left began today

La historia de nuestra civilización es, hasta cierto punto, la historia de un esfuerzo persuasivo por extender los mejores «sentimientos morales» a círculos cada vez más amplios de humanidad

When do nervous systems enter the evolutionary march? One good estimate is the Precambrian period, which ended 540 to 600 million years ago, an old vintage for certain but not that old when we compare it with the age of first life. Life, even multicellular life, managed quite well without nervous systems for about 3 billion years. We should reflect on this time line before we decide when perception, intelligence, sociality, and emotions made their first appearance on the world stage.

Les organismes sont continuellement en train de changer, passant par une série "d'états": chacun de ces derniers correspond une configuration dans laquelle les diverses composantes de l'organisme présentent un niveau d'activité donnée.

The rise of human cultures should be credited to both conscious feeling and creative intelligence.

The process of developing psychic senses is fairly independent of the evolution of the soul.

Homens como nós mudam de ser moral todos os seis meses. Quantas almas te tens tu já conhecido? E eu também, quantas?

ten centuries ago people would have snorted just like that at the idea of a black as Head on this planet. Such narrow stupidity seems fantastic to us now. Our own prejudices will seem just as comical to our great-great-grandchildren.

That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.

The key to success is often the ability to adapt.

Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallises lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural.

It isn't falling in that causes you to drown, it's staying in.

The Japanese have a nice way of putting it: "The day you cease to travel, you will have arrived.