![It {Darwin's theory of evolution] was a concept of such stunning simplicity, but it gave rise, naturally, to all of the infinite and baffling complexity of life. The awe it inspired in me made the awe that people talk about in respect of religious experience seem, frankly, silly beside it. I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-darwins-theory-of-evolution-was-a-concept-of-such-stunning-simplicity-but.jpg)
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Silly boy, you got so much to live for, so much to aim for, so much to try for. Ray Davies
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Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance. Elbert Hubbard
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So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was fear and whose result was a degradation infinitely more terrible than that fancied degradation from which, in their ignorance, they had sought to escape.