💬 Quotes

"The discovery of fragmentary remains in the fossil beds of the West reminds us of the fragmentary nature of the geological record itself—a few scattered pages from a vast and ancient volume."

"Adaptation is never absolute; rather, it represents a successful compromise between the organism's hereditary constraints and the immediate demands of its habitat."

"To correctly interpret the fossil deposits of the Pleistocene, the paleontologist must work hand in hand with the geologist and the climatologist."

"Fair seed-time had my soul, like I was fostered even by beauty and by fear."

"A motion and a spirit, that impels all thinking things, all objects of all thought, and rolls through all things."

"Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou Soul that art the eternity of thought, and giv'st to forms and images a breath and everlasting motion..."

"The mind of man is framed even like the breath and harmony of music."

"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven!"

"Imagination—here the Power so called through sad incompetence of human speech, that awful power rose from the mind's abyss."

"A man's sense of self is defined through his ability to achieve results. He is fulfilled through success and competence."

"When a man withdraws into his cave, he is simply trying to cope with his stress by forgetting about problems for a while, not because he doesn't care."

"Love is magical, and it can last, if we remember our differences. By respecting and accepting our differences, we can give our relationships the love they need to thrive."

"It was about understanding horses, sure, but even more it was about understanding ourselves."

"You can't fix what's broken inside a creature by force. You have to listen, and then you have to earn their trust back piece by piece."

"Grace is something you have to find in the quiet spaces, when all the noise of the world finally shuts up."

"There are some wounds that never entirely close, no matter how much time passes. You just learn to live around the scar."

"To truly help another soul, you have to be willing to let go of your own defenses and let them see your fear."

"We spend so much of our lives trying to tame the wild things, forgetting that it's the wildness in them that makes them beautiful."

"Social cohesion is a necessity, but so is individual initiative. If civilization is to progress, it is necessary that individual men and women should have scope for creative impulses, and that these impulses should not be stifled by an over-organized society."

"The growth of vast industrial enterprises and the increasing complexity of the modern state have necessarily diminished the part which the individual can play in determining his own destiny."