43 Quotes by Arthur Keith

Human nature, as manifested in tribalism and nationalism, provides the momentum of the machinery of human evolution.

The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory of evolution.

Religious leaders and men of science have the same ideals; they want to understand and explain the universe of which they are part; they both earnestly desire to solve, if a solution be ever possible, that great riddle: Why are we here?

I am a rank individualist.

No tempting form of error is without some latent charm derived from truth.

This world of ours has been constructed like a superbly written novel: we pursue the tale with avidity, hoping to discover the plot.

As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse our paths, the greater is likely to be the divergence of beliefs.

Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.

The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our hearts.