"Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence."

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Source : "Transcendence And Self-Transcendence". Book by Michael Polanyi, 1970.

Michael Polanyi

#Creative Quotes #Evolution Quotes #Theory Quotes

“It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.”
“At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore.”
“I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster.”
“Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.”

Source : "Murakami's Monster Magic". Interview with Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. November 5, 2013.
“When a woman has five cats, she doesn't have to be 'made crazy'”
“Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. But that's unacceptable. As others have observed, talking about how to stop mass shootings in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn't 'too soon.' It's much too late.”
“In countries like Afghanistan, the corruption is in your face. In Nigeria, I heard of judges making sex the bargaining chip rather than money. Now let's put that in the context of an honor-based society. Imagine that you're the brother of a woman who got raped by a judge to have her case heard in court. What do you want to do? You want to kill the judge. So here is an insurgent movement that hands you a gun. You have rage, and they give you an outlet for your rage.”
“I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.”

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