"Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into the study of ultimate (evolutionary) causes, the subject of natural history."

-- Ernst Mayr

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“Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.”
“It is time for conservatives to do what they do best and insist that a wasteful, inefficient government program gets off the books. Small government and the death penalty don't go together.”
“Sometimes a person has to go back, really back-to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them-before they can go forward.”

Source : Paule Marshall (1983). “Reena and Other Stories”, p.206, Feminist Press at CUNY
“Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.”
“The world is a reflection of who we are and if we don't like the reflection, it doesn't really help to break the mirror.”
“A warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.”
“To be a soulful person means to go against all the pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture and instead treasure what is unique and internal and valuable in yourself and your own personal evolution.”
“Look at Christ, my dear friend: His life was divine through and through, full of self-denial, and He did everything for mankind, finding His satisfaction and His delight in the dissolution of His material being.”

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