T Quotes
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“The evocative power of the drum can be compared to the Trinity. The drum's frame comes from the trunk of a tree, and that tree has a spirit. It is not dead wood. There is also spirit in the animal skin. If there wasn't, it would not produce sound. Those, plus the spirit of the person playing become an irresistible force.”
“The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.”
“The evolution has to take place still within us to know ourselves. We can say that unless and until it is put to the mains, it has no meaning. Unless and until we are connected with the whole, we have no meaning.”
“The evolution in each of us isn't separate from each other.”
“The evolution of a bourgeoisie is a healthy phenomenon when it grows and prospers thanks to bourgeois values: hard work, honesty, personal responsibility.”
“The evolution of a highly destined society must be moral; it must run in the grooves of the celestial wheels.”
Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude
“The evolution of a land ethic is an intellectual as well as emotional process.”
Source: A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
“The evolution of AI should always be guided by shared Human Values, the protection of human rights, and the survival of future generations.”
Source: Ethical AI Systems: Frameworks, Principles, and Advanced Practices
“The evolution of artificial consciousness is not just a technological leap—it’s a redefinition of life itself.”
Source: Synthesized Minds: The Evolution of AI Consciousness: Explores the development of artificial consciousness and its implications for humanity.
“The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful act towards children returns tenfold a few decades later upon the historical stage, while every empathic act that helps a child become what he or she wants to become, every expression of love toward children heals society and moves it in unexpected, wondrous new directions.”
“The evolution of cultures appears to follow the pattern of the evolution of species. The many different forms of culture which arise correspond to the "mutations" of genetic theory. Some forms prove to be effective under prevailing circumstances and others not, and the perpetuation of the culture is determined accordingly.”
Source: Science And Human Behavior
“The evolution of force can only be made by struggle, by combat, by effort, by exercise, and inasmuch as I´shvara is building men and not babies, He must draw out men's forces by pulling against their strength, making them struggle in order to attain, and so vivifying into outer manifestation the life that otherwise would remain enfolded in itself.”
Source: Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899
“The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.”
“The evolution of knowledge is toward simplicity, not complexity.”
Source: Handbook for Preclears
“The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by human observers. Any concession to anti-evolutionists, suggesting that there are scientific reasons to doubt the facticity of evolution, would be propagating a plain untruth.”
“The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.”
Source: The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
“The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily.”
“The evolution of national unity and equal rights is all about what America represents as a nation today: a manifestation of the historical episodes of Jefferson and Henry as well as the Civil War, the Women’s Suffrage movement, and the Civil Rights struggles.”
Source: Peaceful War: How the Chinese Dream and the American Destiny Create a New Pacific World Order
“The evolution of one's own soul is a process. It's not a quick fix. It's not a five-day workshop. It's a lifetime process where we let go, discover and then allow for futures to come into existence.”
“The evolution of our spirit is blazed on the dark background of eternity by our individual wakes. Every person can, if he/she wishes, leave a more or less brilliant wake behind them.”
“The evolution of Polak's ideas had a great deal to do with the fact that he was a Jew. Like Jews elsewhere, those in Amsterdam kept a low profile; they were predominantly workers, and so they were attracted to the socialist program of fairness and decency. But they were deeply repelled by the idea of revolution. They knew from centuries of experience which group would become the scapegoat if things turned out badly. Polak read widely and while in England was influenced by the Fabian Society, which promoted a moderate path between socialism and capitalism. He cofounded the Dutch diamond worker's union (whose members were overwhelmingly Jewish) and became its chairman. From that perch he was able to put his ideas into practice. He wanted not only decent housing for workers but something more: beauty, a genuinely good life.”
“The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.”
Source: Pnin
“The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology.”
“The evolution of sexually selected traits can create particular kinds of vulnerabilities to mental disorders, which are often skewed in their sex ratios. Examples of mental disorders where sexual selection may play an important role include eating disorders, sexual dysfunction and schizophrenia.”
Source: Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health
“The evolution of social media into a robust mechanism for social transformation is already visible. Despite many adamant critics who insist that tools like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are little more than faddish distractions useful only to exchange trivial information, these critics are being proven wrong time and again.”
“The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ which it does not know how to use.”
“The evolution of the capitalist style of life could be easily - and perhaps most tellingly - described in terms of the genesis of the modern Lounge Suit.”
Source: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
“The evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of the evolution of death offers me helpful ways to think about my own death.”
Source: The Sacred Depths of Nature
“The evolution of the human race will not be accomplished in the ten thousand years of tame animals, but in the million years of wild animals, because man is, and always will be, a wild animal.”
“The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.”
“The evolution of the New Era rests on the cornerstone of Knowledge and Beauty.”
Source: Heart of Asia: Memoirs from the Himalayas
“The evolution of the sport is so fast, if you slow down for a second, you're past.”
“The evolution of the universe depends on the participation of each and every person. . . From your soul's perspective, you are as great an addition to the world as Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa, and subtracting you from the cosmic equation would be just as great a loss. The most exquisite silk remains intact if you pull out a thread, but the snag will show.”
“The evolution path is an extrapolation of available scenarios. Once the scenarios change, the evolution path also needs to change.”
Source: Quantraz
“The evolution revolution is here. Global sense makes common sense.”
Source: GLOBAL SENSE
“The evolution theory is purely the product of the imagination.”
“The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.”
“The evolution was always to greater scale and speed. Other countries did that here and there - GB in textiles, Germany in steel - but we went in that direction almost across the board.”
“The evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 coined the term ‘meme’ for a unit of cultural imitation.”
Source: The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
“The evolutionary epic is ... the best myth we will ever have.”
“The evolutionary impulse is towards disidentification from thinking and the arising of awareness or presence, but the gravitational pull of the old consciousness, or rather unconsciousness, is still quite heavy. It's been around for thousands of years.”
“The evolutionary logic of team aggression is to kill as many members of the outgroup as possible, at as minimum risk to yourself as possible.”
Source: Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World
“The evolutionary notion of survival of the fittest is embraced everywhere except in the arena of ideas, where every notion, no matter its sensibility, is considered as equally valid as all others, and requires equal accommodation.
The dog born without teeth requires we liquify all food.”
“The evolutionary struggle for survival is really a self-serving series of blows and stabs, and yet it can lead to extremely social animals like dolphins, wolves or, for that matter, primates.”
“The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have clear knowledge.”
“The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have clear knowledge. It recognizes aesthetic, moral, and religious ideas and experiences as a species, in this case of mental structures or of images, which clearly interacts with other species in the world's great' ecosystem.”
“The evolutionist thesis has become more stringently unthinkable than ever before.”
Source: Teilhardism And The New Religion: A Thorough Analysis of the Teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.”
“The evolutionists worship atheism. I mean, that's their religion.”
“The evolved preference for sugary and fatty foods (a functional mechanism) may lead to obesity because of a mismatch with modern nutrition (a maladaptive outcome), which in turn increases the risk of heart failure (a harmful dysfunction).”
Source: Evolutionary Psychopathology: A Unified Approach