K Pax Quotes

...on the job there was nothing but the job. You left the shit outside the door. You could always pick it up on your way back out.

Education stems from the desire to learn. With that, you don't need schools. Without it, all the schools in the UNIVERSE are useless.

A false hope gives only false comfort.

Why do human beings have the peculiar impression that belief is the same as truth?" "Because sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes we need to believe in a better truth." "What better truth can there be than truth?

Mental illness is often in the eye of the beholder. Too often on this PLANET it refers to those who think and act differently from the majority.

Most humans subscribe to the policy of 'an eye for an eye, a life for a life'. Many of your religions are famous for this formula, which is well known throughout the UNIVERSE for its stupidity. Your christ and your buddah had a different vision, but nobody paid any attention to them, not even the christians and buddhists.

They are but children.

Most human beings I've met have a rather negative opinion of science. They think it is dull and abstruse, possibly even dangerous. But everyone, even on EARTH, is a scientist, really, whether he realizes it or not. Anyone who has ever watched and wondered how a bird flies, or a leaf unfurls, or concluded anything on the basis of his own observations, is a scientist. Science is a part of life.

Prot: I'm not tired. Brewer: I am. Prot: Perhaps you're getting too much sleep. All your beings seem to sleep a lot. Is that because it's so awful to be awake?

Education stems from the desire to learn. With that, you don’t need schools. Without it, all the schools in the UNIVERSE are useless.

There is only one truth. Truth is absolute. You can’t escape it, no matter how far you run.

Is it any duller than on EARTH? Whose inhabitants spend most of their lives trying to get laid, watching sitcoms on television, and grunting for money?

an earlier synthesis of genetics and evolutionary theory (the “modern synthesis”) helped us understand microevolution, or small-scale evolutionary changes. In this selection, you’ll see how evo-devo helps explain macroevolution, which refers to more monumental changes over time. Be sure to note the particular importance of Hox genes and the PAX6 genes and their roles in both development and evolution.