“Are you aware that your spirit needs to be fed? Did you know that your spirit would be delighted to partake in a feast of spiritual food? How about a plate full of prayer? Or maybe a few hours of succulent self-reflection. Perhaps a piping-hot selection of spiritual literature, served by the side of a lake or under a tree, would satisfy your spiritual hunger. Can you imagine feasting for a few hours on spiritually uplifting music? What about some forgiveness à la mode, topped with compassion? You cannot imagine how much your spirit would enjoy it.” KnowsNeedsSelfWould BeSpiritualSpiritLiteratureEnjoySidesHoursPrayerCompassionImagineTreeReflectionHotHungerUpliftingLakesFedsPlatesSelectionSelf ReflectionDelightedDid You KnowFeastingSucculentsSpiritual HungerSpiritual Food Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.” MindCultureNaturalResultsEvolveBiologyGenesSelectionNatural SelectionComprehending Author:Daniel Dennett
“Natural selection is not evolution.” NaturalEvolutionSelectionNatural Selection Author:Ronald Fisher
“It is a shock to us in the twentieth century to discover, from observations science has made, that the fundamental mechanisms of life cannot be ascribed to natural selection, and therefore were designed. But we must deal with our shock as best we can and go on.” MadeNaturalDealsCenturyGoes OnFundamentalsObservationShockMechanismSelectionTwentieth CenturyNatural Selection Author:Michael Behe
“It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection.” PeopleWorldMadeNaturalPrinciplesCenturyObservationFeaturesShockSelectionElegantNineteenth CenturyNatural Selection Author:Michael Behe
“Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on.” IfsNaturalFunctionComplexesAriseUnitsSelectionSelectIntegratedNatural Selection Author:Michael Behe
“The difficulty of looking at a system like natural selection if you have any sort of moral sense yourself, is almost what makes it beautiful.” IfsBeautifulNaturalMoralDifficultySelectionNatural Selection Author:Paul Bettany
“The Galapagos Islands are probably the most famous wildlife-watching destination in the world. And no wonder - it's almost impossible to exaggerate the sheer spectacle of the place that provided inspiration for Charles Darwin's ground-breaking theory of natural selection.” WorldInspirationNaturalWonderImpossibleTheoryIslandsDestinationSheerSelectionWildlifeNatural SelectionGalapagos Islands Author:Mark Carwardine
“Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.” MysteryCrewSelection Author:Robert Crippen
“I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it was sheer lunacy. It's part of the process of selection.” BelieveI CanNextProcessPoetOne DaySheerNext DaySelectionEraseLunacy Author:Stephen Dobyns
“Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how you get bacteria or insects in the first place.” FirstsNaturalGainsResistanceSelectionInsectsNatural SelectionBacteriaAntibioticsInsecticides Author:William A. Dembski
“A lifestyle involves a cluster of habits and orientations, and hence has a certain unity - important to a continuing sense of ontological security - that connects options in a more or less ordered pattern. (...) [T]he selection or creation of lifestyles is influenced by group pressures and the visibility of role models, as well as by socioeconomic circumstances.” WellsImportantCertainRolesGroupsSecurityCreationHabitCircumstancesModelsPressureUnityPatternsLifestyleRole ModelsContinuingSelectionOrientationVisibilityClusters Author:Anthony Giddens
“The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.” PhilosophyUnderstandingStudyEssentialsStandardsPhilosopherSelectionGreat WorkGreat Philosophers Author:Karl Jaspers
“Although I insist that God has always had the power to intervene directly in nature to create new forms, I am willing to be per-suaded that He chose not to do so and instead employed secondary natural causes like random mutation and natural selection.” FormCausesNaturalWillingEmployedSelectionNatural SelectionMutation Author:Phillip E. Johnson
“My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.” HurtCareersRolesObjectivesSelection Author:Stacy Keach