It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
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I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection.
Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after such long-continued slow progress. To those who fully admit the immortality of the human soul, the destruction of our world will not appear so dreadful.
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
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True life is lived with tiny changes occur.
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
Change, But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.
You write in order to change the world…the world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimetre the way people look at reality, then you change it.
I shall work for the Republican party and call on all women to join me, precisely…for what that party has done and promises to do for women, nothing more, nothing less.
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others—it only changes yours.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.
