Evolution Quotes - Page 11

Transformation is an ongoing process, that we can't stop, but we can immensely benefit from it.

Culture is like a giant mirror which enables us to see who we are
more clearly. The various facets of a culture also provide us with the means to change what we do not like in the mirror, and retain what we cherish most.

The world doesn't change in front of your eyes, it changes behind your back.

Constantinople had been changing for sometime before the Young Turks got hold of it. It would continue to change long after they had gone.

In these times where it has seemed dark indeed
where integrity appears solely buried in legend and lore,
it is an opportunity in contrast to the shadows,
to create miracles...
by choosing first courage,
then diligence,
standing,
opening our mouth
and speaking the truth that in rare moments,
may ignite the light.

Evolution is more about adaptivity than adaptability.

All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation.

You don’t have to solve it, only evolve it!

The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea.

You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.

Where is your water? Know your garden.

When it comes to society and human consciousness, Darwinism still exists in its primal message.

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because... they appeal to your greed.

...most systems end up by making imagined humility into a form of vanity, so they end up with vanity just the same.

I believe in transhumanism: once there are enough people who can truly say that, the human species will be on the threshold of a new kind of existence, as different from ours as ours is from that of Peking man. It will at last be consciously fulfilling its real destiny.

It is my belief that the basic knowledge that we're providing to the world will have a profound impact on the human condition and the treatments for disease and our view of our place on the biological continuum.

Patience is a garment which has never worn out.

What you are seeking in your retreat, I see clearly in every road and alleyway.

People who cannot trust are themselves not trustworthy, and therefore cannot be entrusted with important things.

Question 3: Why should a person study Sufism?
Answer: Because he was created to study it; it is his next step.