In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely to observe it and endure what it imposes on us. Stupidity, from being an amiable individual defect, has become a social crime.


The Origin of Life (1967)

John Desmond Bernal Quotes

In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely...

In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely...

In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely...

In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and not merely...