“Even evolutionary explanations of the traditional division of labor by sex do not imply that it is unchangeable, “natural” in the sense… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Both my parents were atheists, and my grandmother was an atheist in rural Kentucky, and so they were trying to make sure… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
The human brain became large by natural selection (who knows why, but presumably for good cause). Yet surely most "things" now done… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Evolution has no moral direction. An evolutionary understanding of human nature can explain the differing intuitions we have when we are faced… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“My relationship with my muse is a delicate one at the best of times and I feel that it is my duty… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Intellect begins with the observation of nature, proceeds to memorize and classify the facts thus observed, and by logical deduction builds up… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
To those who think that liberty is a good thing, and that it may someday be possible for people to live in… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
God is the hardest taskmaster I have known on this earth, and he tries you through and through. And when you find… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“So, I said, when does the enchantment start? We were sitting side by side, facing the mountains. "It started when the earth… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
There was an idea in the air, becoming clearer and stronger, an idea not just in the theories of Karl Marx but… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, the conditions of human existence—life itself, natality and mortality, worldliness, plurality, and the earth—can never “explain” what we… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The world needs to listen to the cry of the earth, which is asking for help. If you carry on killing people… — Davi Kopenawa Yanomami Copy Share Image
“I am his tomb. The earth is nothing. Dead. Staves and orchards issue from my mouth. His. Perfume my chest, which is… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
“I had brought from Paris the national prejudice against Italian music; but I had also received from nature that acute sensibility against… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
It is in my nature to be kind,gentle and loving. But know this: When it comes to matters of protecting my friends,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Man is the vainest of all creatures that have their being upon earth. As long as heaven vouchsafes him health and strength,… — Homer Copy Share Image
Vain vision! when the changing world each day Sees some such lordly pleasance pass away; When the mere stripling knows my symbols… — Ruth Pitter Copy Share Image
“The way I see it, our natural human instinct is to fight or flee that which we perceive to be dangerous. Although… — Charles F. Glassman Copy Share Image
“That’s the problem with letting go—it’s more of an inaction than an action, and your brain just hates that, the same way… — Bill Burnett Copy Share Image
Old & New put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I believe that correct principles are natural laws, and that God, the Creator and Father of us all, is the source of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I do have a concern however, humanity has a great way of adapting and I'm sure scientists of the future, probably after… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
How wide are the horizons of the spinning earth! The moonlight leads the tides and the sun's light will not be confined… — Hsu Yun Copy Share Image
“Words have power, you understand? It is in the nature of our universe. Our library itself distorts time and space on quite… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Global warming people ignore nature; they ignore water vapor; they ignore sunspot cycles and sun activity. It's typical liberal guilt and politics… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Through laziness and cowardice a large part of mankind, even after nature has freed them from alien guidance, gladly remain immature. It… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Nature demands a gift for everything that it gives, so what we have to keep doing, is returning [leaves & compost materials]… — Geoff Lawton Copy Share Image
“And they lived happily ever after” is one of the most tragic sentences in literature. It is tragic because it tells a… — Joshua Loth Liebman Copy Share Image
The catalyst that converts any physical location - any environment if you will - into a place, is the process of experiencing… — Alan Gussow Copy Share Image
“My father gave my stature tall, And rule of life decorous; My mother my nature genial And joy in making stories; Full… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“A fresh lightning tree sprouted in the distance as Mother Nature painted the sky in rapid strokes, strobed the results, and then… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
“The ego is an amazing mechanism. You don't need to fight it back. You just need to realize that you'll come back… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“It is human nature. If we surround ourselves with evil, even evil becomes good to us. If we are not careful, that… — Bruce Newbold Copy Share Image
“The simplistic nature of Islamism means that it thrives on victim narratives and clearly identifiable enemies. When there is no such simple,… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“Here then we see philosophy brought to a critical position, since it has to be firmly fixed, notwithstanding that it has nothing… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“One should never tell anyone anything or give information or pass on stories or make people remember beings who have never existed… — Javier Marías Copy Share Image
So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen… — John Owen Copy Share Image