"The world has been evolved, not created: it has arisen little by little from a small beginning, and has increased through the activity of the elemental forces embodied in itself, and so has rather grown than come into being at an almighty word."

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Source : August Weismann, Sir John Arthur Thomson, Margaret R. Thomson (1904). “The Evolution Theory”

August Weismann

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“Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.”
“Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence.”
“Can every anguish calmly bear.”
“The wind of change, whatever it is, blows most freely through an open mind ...”

Source : Katharine Whitehorn (1981). “View from a Column”
“To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.”
“I feel strongly that women who look like me should feel great. So I am not changing.”
“In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have travelled over, but frequently neglect to gather up experiences as we go.”
“It goes without saying that there's a great deal of evil in the world, and there's a great deal of benevolence or good in the world. I think the choices that people make and the paths that people take in terms of how they explore their lives ultimately is what dictates which side of the coin you fall on.”

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