The Organism Feeds On Negative Entropy.

The World Is A Construct Of Our Sensations, Perceptions, Memories. It Is Convenient To Regard It As Existing Objectively On Its Own. But It Certainly Does Not Become Manifest By Its Mere Existence.

In Darwin's Theory, You Just Have To Substitute 'mutations' For His 'slight Accidental Variations' (just As Quantum Theory Substitutes 'quantum Jump' For 'continuous Transfer Of Energy'). In All Other Respects Little Change Was Necessary In Darwin's Theory...

Consciousness Cannot Be Accounted For In Physical Terms. For Consciousness Is Absolutely Fundamental. It Cannot Be Accounted For In Terms Of Anything Else.

If We Were Bees, Ants, Or Lacedaemonian| Warriors, To Whom Personal Fear Does Not Exist And Cowardice Is The Most Shameful Thing In The World, Warring Would Go On Forever. But Luckily We Are Only Men — And Cowards.

Thus You Can Throw Yourself Flat On The Ground, Stretched Out Upon Mother Earth, With The Certain Conviction That You Are One With Her And She With You. You Are As Firmly Established, As Invulnerable As She, Indeed A Thousand Times Firmer And More Invulnerable. As Surely As She Will Engulf You Tomorrow, So Surely Will She Bring You Forth Anew To The New Striving And Suffering. And Not Merely "some Day." Now, Today, Every Day She Is Bringing You Forth, Not Once But Thousands Upon Thousands Of Times, Just As Every Day She Engulfs You A Thousand Times Over.