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Quote from Stephen Jay Gould, The Flamingo’s Smile: Reflections in Natural History

We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life’s continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.

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Quote from Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker,” he continued, as though he had not heard her. “We have them because there is a supreme intelligence in the universe, which wishes for communion with us. This supreme intelligence longs to be known. It calls out to us. It draws us close to its mystery, and grants us these remarkable minds, in order that we try to reach for it. It wants us to find it. It wants union with us, more than anything.

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Quote from Shannon L. Alder

Naive people tend to generalize people asā€”-good, bad, kind, or evil based on their actions. However, even the smartest person in the world is not the wisest or the most spiritual, in all matters. We are all flawed. Maybe, you didnā€™t know a few of these things about Einstein, but it puts the notion of perfection to rest. Perfection doesnā€™t exist in anyone. Nor, does a personā€™s mistakes make them less valuable to the world. 1. He divorced the mother of his children, which caused Mileva, his wife, to have a break down and be hospitalized.2.He was a ladies man and was known to have had several affairs; infidelity was listed as a reason for his divorce.3.He married his cousin.4.He had an estranged relationship with his son.5. He had his first child out of wedlock.6. He urged the FDR to build the Atom bomb, which killed thousands of people.7. He was Jewish, yet he made many arguments for the possibility of God. Yet, hypocritically he did not believe in the Jewish God or Christianity. He stated, ā€œI believe in Spinozaā€™s God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.

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