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- Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
- Women are extraordinary in lacking the estrus, or period of heat. The females of most other primate species become sexually active, to the point of…
- Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our…
- Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals. Four out of five animals on Earth are nematode worms — if all solid materials…
- The green prehuman earth is the mystery we were chosen to solve, a guide to the birthplace of our spirit, but it is slipping away.…
- The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this world. With a…
- In science, you really do need to have a purpose-driven life. You will succeed to the extent that you get the most out of your…
- If enough species are extinguished, will the ecosystems collapse, and will the extinction of most other species follow soon afterward? The only answer anyone can…
- Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
- Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really…
- Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
- I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.
- 'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.
- We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster