A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there. Charles Darwin More Quotes by Charles Darwin More Quotes From Charles Darwin Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense. Charles Darwin mathematicsseemsmath I think it can be shown that there is such an unerring power at work in Natural Selection, which selects exclusively for the good of each organic being. Charles Darwin natural-selectionnaturalthinking The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that infants at a very early age redden from passion. Charles Darwin passionemotionalage I long to set foot where no man has trod before. Charles Darwin feetmenlong Mr. J.S. Mill speaks, in his celebrated work, "Utilitarianism," of the social feelings as a "powerful natural sentiment," and as "the natural basis of sentiment for utilitarian morality," but on the previous page he says, "if, as is my own belief, the moral feelings are not innate, but acquired, they are not for that reason less natural." It is with hesitation that I venture to differ from so profound a thinker, but it can hardly be disputed that the social feelings are instinctive or innate in the lower animals; and why should they not be so in man? Charles Darwin powerfulanimalmen It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the "race is for the strong" and that I shall probably do little more but be content to admire the strides others made in science. Charles Darwin survivalstrongrace A language, like a species, when extinct, never... reappears. Charles Darwin specieslanguage A novel according to my taste, does not come into the moderately good class unless it contains some person whom one can thoroughly love - and if a pretty woman, all the better. Charles Darwin pretty-womandoeclass It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man. Charles Darwin viewsbrainmen The love of a dog for his master is notorious; in the agony of death he has been known to caress his master, and everyone has heard of the dog suffering under vivisection, who licked the hand of the operator; this man, unless he had a heart of stone, must have felt remorse to the last hour of his life. Charles Darwin dogheartanimal It is like confessing to a murder. Charles Darwin positive-atheismmurderatheism For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the life of his keeper; or from that old baboon, who, descending from the mountains, carried away in triumph his young comrade from a crowd of astonished dogs-as from a savage who delights to torture his enemies, offers up bloody sacrifices, practices infanticide without remorse, treats his wives like slaves, knows no decency, and is haunted by the grossest superstitions. Charles Darwin sacrificedogorder If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case. Charles Darwin evolution-of-mancreation-sciencetheory-of-evolution Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws. Charles Darwin free-willfixedlaw A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. Charles Darwin wisdomfriendshipmen Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. Charles Darwin regionstattoocountry Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a period, geologically recent, the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact — that mystery of mysteries — the first appearance of new beings on this earth. Charles Darwin oceanspacebelieve I never gave up Christianity until I was forty years of age. Charles Darwin christianityageyears The instruction at Edinburgh was altogether by lectures, and these were intolerably dull, with the exception of those on chemistry. Charles Darwin edinburghlecturesdull Much love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love. Charles Darwin love-lifedeserttrials
