Jamie Smith

“Nature breeds a vast oversupply of experiments and then sterilizes the failures by murdering them.”
― William Irvine, Apes, Angels and Victorians: The Story of Darwin, Huxley, and Evolution

“To think wishfully, to rest in comforting illusion when scientific truth is conceivably within reach, is to desecrate both one’s self and the universe.”
― William Irvine, Apes, Angels and Victorians: The Story of Darwin, Huxley, and Evolution

“CIVILIZATION is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral traditions, and the pursuit of knowledge and the arts. It begins where chaos and insecurity end. For when fear is overcome, curiosity and constructiveness are free, and man passes by natural impulse towards the understanding and embellishment of life.”
― Will Durant, Our Oriental Heritage

“Oui, sans le connaître, sans même avoir jamais vu ses traits, je lui en ai voulu. Être jaloux d'un mort. Vouloir être à sa place.”
― Philippe Claudel, Grey Souls