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Life Quotes by Lewis Thomas
- I cannot think of a single field in biology or medicine in which we can claim genuine understanding, and it seems to me the more…
- ...the life of the planet began the long, slow process of modulating and regulating the physical conditions of the planet. The oxygen in today's atmosphere…
- We owe our lives to the sun... How is it, then, that we feel no gratitude?
- Mistakes are at the very base of human thought, embedded there, feeding the structure like root nodules. If we were not provided with the knack…
- The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life.
- We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection. We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is…
- Altruism has always been one of biology's deep mysteries. Why should any animal, off on its own, specified and labeled by all sorts of signals…
- We are educated to be amazed by the infinite variety of life forms in nature. We are, I believe, only at the beginning of being…
- In real life, every field of science is incomplete, and most of them - whatever the record of accomplishment during the last 200 years -…
- We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to…
- As a species, taking all in all, we are still too young, too juvenile, to be trusted. We have spread across the face of the…
- I don't want to be reincarnated, that's for sure. When you've had rewarding experiences in your life - a loving family, friends - you don't…
- In the fields I know best, among the life sciences, it is required that the most expert and sophisticated minds be capable of changing course…
- The uniformity of the earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from some single cell,…
- It is not a simple life to be a single cell, although I have no right to say so, having been a single cell so…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle