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Charles Lyell

"So far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction into the earth at successive geological periods of life,-sensation,-instinct,-the intelligence of the higher mammalia bordering on reason,-and lastly the improvable reason of Man himself, presents us with a picture of the ever-increasing dominion of mind over matter."

Source : Charles Lyell (1863). “The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation by Charles Lyell”, p.506

Charles Lyell

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“I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of required responsibility.”
“The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.”
“I cannot explain something that no one has ever figured out.”
“Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn And everybody's shouting "Which Side Are You On?" And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot Fighting in the captain's tower While calypso singers laugh at them And fishermen hold flowers.”
“Only acknowledge your limitations for the purpose of overcoming them.”

Source : Randy Gage (2003). “101 Keys to Your Prosperity: Insights on Health, Happiness and Abundance in Your Life”, p.27, Internet Profit Kit
“How strange and awful is the synthesis of life and death in the gusty winds and falling leaves of an autumnal day!”
“Suspicion often creates what it suspects.”
“I am a very organized person. I get up at 6:15 a.m., the kids get up at 6:45 a.m., and so I get up and get it in. Iâ€™m addicted to the high function. To me itâ€™s a work thing -- if you meditate, you can get so much work done. I always say to people you know how about three nights a year you get a good night sleep? You can have it every day with meditation.”

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