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

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

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

Mortals are odd creatures in that sense—flawed yet hopeful. One can study them through millennia and still get nowhere near full understanding of their nature.

You’d be hard-pressed to find an old person who would trade in a true friend for any amount of popularity or fame. You'd also be hard-pressed to find a young person who wouldn't.

Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.

Focus on who you are becoming not what you are doing

A loving maiden grows unconsciously more bold.

Many of the technologies we've invented are necessary to keep 6.5 billion people alive. We can't go back from that, so we need to decarbonize really rapidly.

I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.

I decided to pursue an acting career after having had an incredible experience working on a play in high school.

The test of a man's conversion is whether he has enough Christianity to get it to other people. If he hasn't, there is something wrong.