“Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings ... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better.” HumansHuman BeingsEvolutionConceptsTownsArchitecturePlanningSomething New Author:Leon Krier
“Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.” MenBelieveHumansFormLawReligiousHuman BeingsEvolutionFoolishFundamentalistClassification Author:J. Philippe Rushton
“Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. Obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably desirable alterations, but in a universe where flux is fundamental, it can be argued that even change for the worse is preferable to no change at all. Isn't fixity the hallmark of the living dead?.” IfsHumansWellsUniverseIndividualHuman BeingsProgressEvolutionFundamentalsSeriesDesirablePermanenceHallmarkFluxAlterationsStasis Book:Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Source: Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
“Every civilized human being, whatever his conscious development, is still an archaic man at the deeper levels of his psyche. Just as the human body connects us with the mammals and displays numerous relics of earlier evolutionary stages going back to even the reptilian age, so the human psyche is likewise a product of evolution which, when followed up to its origins, show countless archaic traits.” MenHumansStillsShowsBodyAgeHuman BeingsLevelsStageProductsDevelopmentEvolutionConsciousDeeperCivilizedDisplayTraitsHuman BodyMemories Dreams ReflectionsRelicsMammalsHuman Psyche Author:Carl Jung
“In my opinion, neither organisms nor organizations evolve slowly and surely into something better, but drift until some small change occurs which has immediate and overwhelming significance. The special role of the human being is not to wait for these favorable accidents but deliberately to introduce the small change that will have great significance.” HumansWaitingHuman BeingsOpinionRolesSpecialEvolutionOrganizationAccidentsEvolveSignificanceOverwhelmingIntroducingOrganismsSomething BetterSmall Changes Author:Edwin Land
“[Elephants] are less agile and physically less adaptable than ourselves - Nature having developed their bodies in one direction and their brains in another, while human beings, on the other hand, drew from Mr. Darwin's lottery of evolution both the winning ticket and the stub to match it. This, I suppose, is why we are so wonderful and can make movies and electric razors and wireless sets - and guns with which to shoot the elephant, the hare, clay pigeons, and each other.” HumansBodyHandsWinningHuman BeingsBrainWonderfulEvolutionGunElectricTicketsElephantsClayLotteryRazorsOne DirectionPigeonsWirelessHaresAdaptable Author:Beryl Markham
“I believe in the immortality of the soul because I cannot conceive of an intelligent First Cause creating human beings through long process of evolution in this world only to destroy them.” WorldFirstsBelieveHumansLongSoulI BelieveCausesProcessHuman BeingsThis WorldEvolutionCreatingIntelligentI Believe InImmortality Book:My Pillow Book Source: My Pillow Book
“Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And that uniqueness of being human, language, art, culture, our dependency on culture for survival, comes from the combination of traditional biological evolution.” HumansArtSaidCultureLanguageHuman BeingsAnimalEvolutionCreaturesSurvivalUniqueTraditionalCombinationUniquenessBeing HumanDependencyHuman LanguageBiological EvolutionLanguage Arts Author:Donald Johanson
“If I were God wanting to make a human being, I would do it by a more direct way rather than by evolution. Why deliberately set it up in the one way which makes it look as though you don't exist?” IfsWayHumansLooksHuman BeingsEvolutionDirectOne Way Author:Richard Dawkins
“In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded....He stands apart, and the chief value of his work is in its prophecy, not in its performance. He has begun a prelude to larger themes. He is the herald to a new era. As a man he is the precursor of a fresh type. He is a factor in the heroic and spiritual evolution of the human being. If Poetry has passed him by, Philosophy will take note of him.” IfsMenHumansMeanArtPhilosophySpiritualArtistCertainValuesHuman BeingsEffectsProduceTypeEvolutionPerformancesNotesFactorsChiefsErasRejectionThemeHeroicProphecyWaltNew EraPreludeSpiritual EvolutionPrecursor Author:Oscar Wilde
“The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.” MenHumansHuman BeingsEvolutionComputerIdealsEssenceCreatorLiberatedCompletionArchetype Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt
“The authentic self is the best part of a human being. It's the part of you that already cares, that is already passionate about evolution. When your authentic self miraculously awakens and becomes stronger than your ego, then you will truly begin to make a difference in this world. You will literally enter into a partnership with the creative principle.” WorldHumansSelfCareDifferencesHuman BeingsPrinciplesCreativeThis WorldEvolutionEgoStrongerPassionateAwakeningMaking A DifferencePartnershipAuthentic SelfEgo And Soul Author:Andrew Cohen