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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
The process of evolution may be described as differentiation of structure and integration of function. The more differentiated and specialized read more
The process of evolution may be described as differentiation of structure and integration of function. The more differentiated and specialized the parts, the more elaborate co-ordination is needed to create a well-balanced whole. The ultimate criterion of the value of a functional whole is the degree of its internal harmony or integratedness, whether the "functional whole" is a biological species or a civilization or an individual. A whole is defined by the pattern of relations between its parts, not by the sum of its parts; and a civilization is not defined by the sum of its science, technology, art and social organization, but by the total pattern which they form, and the degree of harmonious integration in that pattern.
God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, read more
God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos; He will set the above their betters.
Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain!
Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain!
None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting read more
The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
