The lifetime of a human being is measured by decades, the lifetime of the Sun is a hundred million times longer. Compared… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Nature is one with rapine, a harm no preacher can heal; The Mayfly is torn by the swallow, the sparrow speared by… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
"Little magazines" are, for the most part, the mayflies of the literary world. — Frederick Crews Copy Share Image
Our culture is obsessed with youth because we have lost the ancient knowledge that growth never stops. We are not transient, momentary… — Eben Alexander Copy Share Image
