“In a parched African landscape like this at Omo, man first put his foot to the ground. That seems a pedestrian way to begin the ascent of man.”

Source: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), p. 338.

The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875)

Sourced to the book, The Ascent of Man (1973), BBC Books: London, Chapter 13: The Long Childhood, p. 330.
The Ascent of Man (1973)
Context: We are all afraid - for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. The personal commitment of a man to his skill, the intellectual commitment and the emotional commitment working together as one, has made the Ascent of Man.

Letter to J.B.Sutton, 21 December 1942

Source: The Doctrine of the Mean

In an interview with Ms. Barkha Dutt #Townhall with Kamal Haasan, about atheism and rationalism.

"Raleigh Was Right" (1940)
Collected Later Poems (1950)
Context: Not now. Love itself a flower
with roots in a parched ground.
Empty pockets make empty heads.
Cure it if you can but
do not believe that we can live
today in the country
for the country will bring us
no peace.

Gwendolen, Act II
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

Source: Kama Sutra, p. 96