"But naturalists are now beginning to look beyond this, and to see that there must be some other principle regulating the infinitely varied forms of animal life."

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Source : Alfred Russel Wallace (2016). “Travels on the Amazon”, p.61, Library of Alexandria

Alfred Russel Wallace

#Animal Quotes #Principles Quotes #Looks Quotes

“The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.”
“We go through transformations when we are dealing with this world (spirit world). Go out and find whatever makes your spirit at peace.”
“Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.”

Source : Ellen Key (1909). “The Century of the Child”
“To the youngsters of today, I say "Believe in the future, the world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity." Why, would you believe it, when I was a kid I thought it was already too late for me to make good at anything.”
“I resist when someone calls me a novelist: it implies some kind of inherent superiority of the novel. I'm not a novelist, I'm a writer.”
“I don't consider weed to be any worse than having a beer.”
“Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church?”
“Defense wins championships. A good offense is beat by a good defense, always.”

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