"Why do some die and some live? The answer was clearly, that on the whole the best fitted live. From the effects of disease the most healthy escaped; from enemies, the strongest, swiftest, or the most cunning; from famine, the best hunters or those with the best digestion; and so on. Then it suddenly flashed upon me that this self-acting process would necessarily improve the race, because in every generation the inferior would inevitably be killed off and the superior would remain-that is, the fittest would survive."

-- Alfred Russel Wallace

#Race Quotes #Self Quotes #Healthy Quotes

“We physicists know that a beautiful postulate is more likely to be correct than an ugly one. Why not adopt this Postulate of Eternal Life, at least as a working hypothesis?”
“Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.”

Source : George Bancroft “History of the United States, from the discovery of the amarican continent”
“If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages, maybe take an animal degree...”
“I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found, has a way of taking a man pretty much at his own rating. If he permits his loss to make him embarrassed and apologetic, he will draw embarrassment from others. But if he gains his own respect, the respect of those around him comes easily.”
“It is (often) the quiet gesture which carries the most significance - the one which suddenly directs the symphony.”
“Envy was just the tax you paid on success.”

Source : David Nicholls (2011). “One Day”, p.172, Hachette UK
“A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves”

Source : Ralph Washington Sockman (1958). “Mans̓ First Love: The Great Commandment”
“Illusions are important. What you foresee or what you remember can be as important as what really happens.”

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