Divergence – Quotes

The strongest bulwark of

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime. Emma Goldman

Whatever class and race

Whatever class and race divergences exist, top cats are tom cats. Elizabeth Janeway

It is natural that people should differ most, and most violently, about the unknowable . . . There is all the room in the world for divergence of opinion about something that, so far as we can realistically perceive, does not exist. E. Haldeman-Julius

The theory of natural

The theory of natural selection is the centerpiece of The Origin of Species and of evolutionary theory. It is this theory that accounts for the adaptations of organisms, those innumerable features that so wonderfully equip them for survival and reproduction; it is this theory that accounts for the divergence of species from common ancestors and … Read more

This fundamental subject of

This fundamental subject of Natural Selection will be treated at some length in the fourth chapter; and we shall then see how Natural Selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life and induces what I have called Divergence of Character. Charles Darwin

You have to be

You have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. When there is divergence between your policy and the people’s beliefs and interests, you will have this vacuum that creates disturbance. Bashar al-Assad

In England, we have

In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on any moral or political issue it can produce such a wide divergence of opinion that nobody — from the Pope to Mao Tse-tung — can say with any confidence that he is not … Read more

There’s this divergence out

There’s this divergence out there between the very small and the very large with the middle disappearing. There is something paradoxical going on where there is this access and we can seek out things on the fringes, but that doesn’t describe the overall reality, because the big are bigger than ever. Astra Taylor

As long as man

As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse our paths, the greater is likely to be the divergence of beliefs. Arthur Keith

[In] every revolution, there

[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes. Akbar Ganji