It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.

I think of evolution as an error-making and error-correcting process, and we are constantly learning from experience.

Evolution favors the survival of the wisest.

My job is to help people see what I see. If it's of value, fine. And, if it's not of value, then at least I've done what I can do.

What you see in living systems, and in genetic systems, is that the genes are already there, having arisen in the course of time, and when they are needed they become activated. If they had to be invented, the time would be too late.

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.

I speak about universal evolution and teleological evolution, because I think the process of evolution reflects the wisdom of nature. I see the need for wisdom to become operative. We need to try to put all of these things together in what I call an evolutionary philosophy of our time.