"Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to rise still farther, or he can choose otherwise. The choice is his responsibility, and his alone. There is no automatism that will carry him upward without choice or effort and there is no trend solely in the right direction. Evolution has no purpose; man must supply this for himself. The means to gaining right ends involve both organic evolution and human evolution, but human choice as to what are the right ends must be based on human evolution."

Source : George Gaylord Simpson (1967). “The Meaning of Evolution: A Study of the History of Life and of Its Significance for Man”, p.311, Yale University Press

George Gaylord Simpson

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“A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
“You set the standards for how you will be treated. People will treat you the exact way you treat yourself. So be good to you. Take time for yourself. Rest. Play. Shower yourself with affection, support, and gifts.”
“Journalism, some huge percentage of it, should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds and if that's going to invite a lawsuit, well, bring it on.”

Source : "David Remnick Looks Back On Tough Decisions As 'The New Yorker' Turns 90". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 18, 2015.
“He made all countries where he came his own.”
“My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.”

Source : Dave Van Ronk (2013). “The Mayor of MacDougal Street [2013 edition]: A Memoir”, p.4, Da Capo Press
“I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own”
“I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.”

Source : "12 Movie Stars Who Experienced Career Resurrections", www.indiewire.com. October 31, 2013.
“You can't just turn your heart off like a faucet; you have to go to the source and dry it out, drop by drop.”

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