“Natural selection deals ruthlessly with any population, bird or beaver, which fails to solve the problems of its environment with all those resources, learned or unlearned, which may be at its disposal.” MayProblemNaturalDealsEnvironmentFailingEvolutionBirdResourcesPopulationSolveSelectionNatural SelectionBeavers Book:THE TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE Source: THE TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE
“Moral improvement (or perfecting) require an evolution leading to a higher consciousness, which is the true torch of life; it is what we have failed too much to appreciate, and that which would be fatal to fail to appreciate any longer ("pluslongtemps", Fr.); For if we do not take it upon ourselves to remedy in time to the moral colapse (or bankruptcy) that already threaten, the whole civilisation will risks to disappear.” IfsWholeWould BeConsciousnessMoralToo MuchFailingRiskEvolutionHigherAppreciateDisappearImprovementRemedyCivilisationTorchesBankruptcyHigher Consciousness Author:African Spir
“Great minds have always seen it. That is why man has survived his journey this long. When we fail to wish any longer to be otherwise than what we are, we will have ceased to evolve. Evolution has to be lived forward. I say this as one who has stood above the bones of much that has vanished, and at midnight has examined his own face.” MenMindLongFacesWishFailingJourneyEvolutionBonesEvolveSurvivedMidnightGreat Minds Author:Loren Eiseley
“As far as I'm concerned, the spiritual life is just like any other endeavor-you can succeed or fail. And when the goal is actual evolution beyond ego in an intersubjective context, success or failure is plain for all to see.” SpiritualLife IsSpiritualityGoalPracticeFailingEvolutionSucceedEgoConcernedEndeavorSpiritual LifeSuccess Or Failure Author:Andrew Cohen
“Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards.” ProcessMoralFailingWindEvolutionBehaviorMeatExhibitsLeopardsBaboonsMoral Behavior Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“The bondage of the Negro brought captive from Africa is one of the greatest dramas in history, and the writer who merely sees in that ordeal something to approve or condemn fails to understand the evolution of the human race.” HumansRaceFailingEvolutionDramaHuman RaceBondageCaptivesOrdeals Author:Carter G. Woodson
“Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because, um - they're no longer relevant. We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?” KnowsEndsStatesChurchGrowingFailingEvolutionInstitutionsFolksEvolveRelevantThumbsRevolutionary Ideas Author:Bill Hicks
“If we study Nature attentively in its great evolutions as in its minutest works, we cannot fail to recognize the possibility of enchantment - giving to that word its exact significance.” IfsGivingNatureStudyFailingPossibilityEvolutionSignificanceEnchantment Book:Seraphita: Works of Balzac Source: Seraphita: Works of Balzac