“Intelligence could not thrive where there was no change and no necessity for change.”

“It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger and trouble.... Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change.”

“Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.”

“It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism. Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have a huge variety of needs and dangers.”

“People only accept change in necessity and see necessity only in crisis.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ”