Origin Quotes

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Where did God come from? If we decide this is an unanswerable question why not save a step and conclude that the origin of the… — Carl Sagan
The battle over the validity of evolution has been publicly posed as a scientific one. However, you will find little sign of it in scientific… — Victor J. Stenger
The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain… — William Robertson Smith
It's such a frustration when you see in the name of religion, in the name of God, what people are doing is something we never… — Nirmala Srivastava
All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money. — Robert Collier
The laws expressing the relations between energy and matter are, however, not solely of importance in pure science. They necessarily come first in order ...… — Frederick Soddy
The origin of thinking is some perplexity, confusion or doubt. — John Dewey
The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing… — Thomas Paine
Neither this body am I, nor soul, Nor these fleeting images passing by, Nor concepts and thoughts, mental images, Nor yet sentiments and the psyche's… — Rumi
It is one of the main teachings of the profound traditional wisdom of India, that the Primordial Mother is the origin of all things and… — Nirmala Srivastava
I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until… — Roger Bannister
Men were considered "free" only so that they might be considered guilty - could be judged and punished: consequently, every act had to be considered… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The word religion comes from an origin which means "coming together." But priesthood has been doing just the opposite, it has created splits in man,… — Rajneesh
Darwin abolished special creations, contributed the Origin of Species and hitched all life together in one unbroken procession of Siamese Twins, the whole evolved by… — Mark Twain
I know no study which is so unutterably saddening as that of the evolution of humanity, as it is set forth in the annals of… — Thomas Huxley
If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding… — Herbert Spencer
It will be possible, through the detailed determination of amino-acid sequences of hemoglobin molecules and of other molecules too, to obtain much information about the… — Linus Pauling
Physio-philosophy has to show how, and in accordance indeed with what laws, the Material took its origin; and, therefore, how something derived its existence from… — Lorenz Oken
This spontaneous emergence of order at critical points of instability, which is often referred to simply as "emergence," is one of the hallmarks of life.… — Fritjof Capra
Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to… — Charles Darwin

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