In spite of the great advances which have been made in our knowledge, some fundamental gaps remain. Matter, life and mind still remain utter disparate phenomena, yet the concepts of all three arise in experience; and in the human all three meet and intermingle.
Jan SmutsInstead of the animistic, mechanistic, or the mathematical universe, we see the genetic, organic, holistic universe.
Jan Smuts...evolution is the gradual development and stratification of progressive series of wholes, stretching from the inorganic beginnings to the highest level of spiritual creation.
Jan SmutsWhen I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist.
Jan Smuts