We are survival machines — robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. – Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene Category: Humankind
Monkeys are superior to men in this: When a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. – Malcolm de Chazal Category: Humankind
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment. – R. Buckminster Fuller Category: Humankind
In this century we have made remarkable material progress, but basically we are the same as we were thousands of years ago. Our spiritual needs are still very great. – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Category: Humankind
The body is like a car: the older you become the more care you have to take care of it – and you dont leave a Ferrari out in the sun. – Joan Collins Category: car
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. – James A. Baldwin Category: power
To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted. – George Kneller Category: Imagination