No matter how exalted we think ourselves, how high we have risen, we nevertheless bear the indelible stamp of our lowly origin . . . from so simple a beginning-endless forms, most beautiful, most wonderful, have been or are being evolved.

— Charles Darwin, English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution, 1809-1882

No matter how exalted we think ourselves, how high we have risen, we nevertheless bear the indelible stamp of our lowly origin . . . from so simple a beginning-endless forms, most beautiful, most wonderful, have been or are being evolved.

— Unknown Source

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

— Charles Darwin, English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution, 1809-1882

No matter how exalted we think ourselves, how high we have risen, we nevertheless bear the indelible stamp of our lowly origin . . . from so simple a beginning-endless forms, most beautiful, most wonderful, have been or are being evolved.

— Charles Darwin, English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution, 1809-1882

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.

— Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist, 1900-1975

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

— Thomas Alva Edison, U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931
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