But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are sitting here alive today, while all the others are dead or have never been born.

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It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of...

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of...

For every minute, the future is becoming the past.

For every minute, the future is becoming the past.

Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to...

Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to...

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in...

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in...

I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don't believe it...

I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don't believe it...

We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible,...

We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible,...

We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology...

We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology...

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs...

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs...

I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from...

I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from...

Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we...

Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we...

Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication...

Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication...

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a...

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a...

One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue...

One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue...

In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle...

In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle...

I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that...

I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that...

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.