Evolution Quotes

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Reincarnation is the evolution of spirit through matter. Over thousands and millions of lifetimes, the soul evolves. It comes into the light. The growth is… — Frederick Lenz
[as for evolution]....cutting out the sections [on the subject] is preferrable if the portions are not thick enough to cause damage to the spine of… — George R. R. Martin
Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every people sphere? Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?" And the Lord--"Not… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and I do not… — Will Durant
The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being. — Marcus Aurelius
If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the… — William James
Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the medium's history. The early cartoonists, with no path before them, produced work… — Bill Watterson
Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast. — George Carlin
Evolution is a theory in a special philosophical sense of science, but in terms of ordinary laymen's use of language, it's a fact, .. Evolution… — Richard Dawkins
The different styles I have been using in my art must not be seen as an evolution, or as steps towards an unknown ideal of… — Pablo Picasso
Different themes inevitably require different methods of expression. This does not imply either evolution or progress; it is a matter of following the idea one… — Pablo Picasso
I hate birthdays, .. It's more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it's an evolution. I don't celebrate the past. I… — Karl Lagerfeld
Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. Obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably desirable alterations, but… — Tom Robbins
I put all of my resources into pushing the evolution in an industry that is notoriously backwards and I enjoy pushing that envelope,. — George Lucas
Those are all computational engines that are highly distributed and therefore highly robust, .. We're seeing a very significant evolution in the way we even… — Vinton Cerf
A human body is associated with six stages of transformation, birth, growth, change, evolution, death and destruction. — Sathya Sai Baba
One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity. — Brian Eno
The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result of an evolution… — Pope John Paul II
Out of the dusk a shadow, Then a spark; Out of the cloud a silence, Then a lark; Out of the heart a rapture, Then… — John B. Tabb

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