Evolution goes beyond what went before, but because it must embrace what went before, then its very nature is to transcend and include and thus it has an inherent directionality, a secret impulse, toward increasing depth, increasing intrinsic value, increasing consciousness. In order for evolution to move at all, it must move in those directions-there's no place else for it to go!

The Simple Feeling of Being: Visionary, Spiritual, and Poetic Writings (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2004) - ISBN: 9780834822931