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I judge things from an evolutionary perspective — "How does this serve and contribute to the process of our own evolution?" — rather than think of good and evil in moral terms. I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution.

— Jonas Salk Academy of Achievement interview (1991)

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I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.

I couldn't possibly have become a member of this institute if I hadn't founded it myself.

I am interested in a phase that I think we are entering. I call it "teleological evolution," evolution with a purpose.

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Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.

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