“The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well developed, as in man. For, firstly, the social instincts lead an animal to take pleasure in the society of its fellows, to feel a certain amount of sympathy with them, and to perform various services for them.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”
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“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
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“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.”
― Truth Against the World: Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks for an Organic Architecture
― Truth Against the World: Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks for an Organic Architecture
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