The more we know, the better we realize that our knowledge is a little island in the midst of an ocean of ignorance.

- Theodosius Dobzhansky

Natural selection must be replaced by eugenical artificial selection. This idea constitutes the sound core of eugenics, the applied science of human …

- Theodosius Dobzhansky

Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile o…

- Theodosius Dobzhansky

No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful.

- Theodosius Dobzhansky

No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals o…

- Theodosius Dobzhansky

Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a …

- Theodosius Dobzhansky

I am a creationist and an evolutionist. Evolution is God's, or Nature's method of creation. Creation is not an event that happened in 4004 BC; it is …

- Theodosius Dobzhansky

Does the evolutionary doctrine clash with religious faith? It does not. It is a blunder to mistake the Holy Scriptures for elementary textbooks of as…

- Theodosius Dobzhansky

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.

- Theodosius Dobzhansky