To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception

Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time

What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?

In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.

Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.

I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong

I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.

The white men in our colonies are too frequently the savages

There is a tendency in nature to the continued progression of certain classes of varieties further and further from the original type.

Seeking excellence means choosing to forge your own sword to cut through the limitations of your life...

Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. I found it one of the hardest things to learn. But it is only after a stock operator has firmly grasped this that he can make big money.

The pirate he will sink you with a kiss, he'll steal your heart and sail away.

I've been obsessed with doomsday for a long time - the idea that different cultures respond to it differently, and religions will change people's outlook on it.

Live by faith, not by sight.

I want to be around people smart enough to know God created the heavens and the earth.

Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.

Thus when I have to summarize naturalized spirituality in a single phrase, it is this: the thoughtful love of life.

The sun was like a word written between the sea and the sky, a word that was swallowed up by the sea before any man had time to read it.

We need to give people more of an incentive to work, to save, to invest, to create a true future for themselves.