Vision Quotes (3)

Five per cent vision is better than no vision at all. Five per cent hearing is better than no hearing at all. Five per cent flight efficiency is better than no flight at all. It is thoroughly believable that every organ or apparatus that we actually see is the product of a smooth trajectory through animal space, a trajectory in which every intermediate stage assisted survival and reproduction.
[Rebutting the Creationist assertion that fully developed organs could not have arisen 'by chance.']
The Blind Watchmaker (1986, 1996) 90-91.
See also:  |  Creationist (9)  |  Evolution (229)  |  Flight (14)  |  Hearing (3)  |  Organ (20)  |  Reproduction (26)  |  Survival (14)

It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit—enable them to see visions and dream dreams.
Reader's Digest Quotable Quotes (1997), 144. This quote, usually seen attributed as 'Eric Anderson' is here tentatively linked to Sir Eric Anderson. If you can confirm this with a primary source, please contact Webmaster.
See also:  |  Drama (2)  |  Dream (15)  |  Excitement (2)  |  Human Spirit (2)  |  Literature (10)  |  Music (10)  |  Science (444)  |  Youth (13)

Science is not the enemy of humanity but one of the deepest expressions of the human desire to realize that vision of infinite knowledge. Science shows us that the visible world is neither matter nor spirit; the visible world is the invisible organization of energy.
The Cosmic Code (1982), 348.
See also:  |  Avoid (3)  |  Desire (12)  |  Enemy (5)  |  Energy (38)  |  Expression (4)  |  Humanity (9)  |  Invisible (3)  |  Knowledge (330)  |  Matter (61)  |  Organization (10)  |  Realize (2)  |  Respect (7)  |  Science (444)  |  Spirit (9)  |  World (45)

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