Part of the resistance to Darwin and Wallace derives from our difficulty in imagining the passage of the millennia, much less the aeons. What does seventy million years mean to beings who live only one-millionth as long? We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

~ Carl Sagan

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There was no conflict between science and religion ever. The conflicts were actually between two different systems of human understanding – one was science, which was based on rigorous observations and examinations, and the other was fundamentalism, that’s based on undisputed belief on the scriptures.

~ Abhijit Naskar

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In the end, the innate desire of all people for truth, justice, and human understanding must triumph over ignorance and despair.

~ Dalai Lama Xiv

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