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 SmutsTo me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the vision of God. That story of the human rise to what I call the vision of God is the story which is told in the Bible.
Jan SmutsInstead of the animistic, mechanistic, or the mathematical universe, we see the genetic, organic, holistic universe.
Jan SmutsIf a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs.
Jan Smuts