Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist. Charles Darwin More Quotes by Charles Darwin More Quotes From Charles Darwin I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin theory-of-evolutionhairinspirational An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men. Charles Darwin drunkalcoholmen On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation. Charles Darwin viewsordinaryinspirational An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind. Charles Darwin agnosticwould-bemind I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men Charles Darwin inspirationalmen Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. Charles Darwin confidenceignorancepositive Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive. Charles Darwin speciesinspirationalneeds Even people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits. Charles Darwin geniuspeoplethinking There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. Charles Darwin cyclingsimplebeautiful Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system- with all these exalted powers- Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. Charles Darwin compassionhumilitymen A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others. Charles Darwin inspirationallifepast If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week. Charles Darwin mental-healthweekmusic Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits. Charles Darwin habitinspirationalmen A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." Charles Darwin Charles Darwin argumentsidesfacts At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilised state as we may hope, than the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla. Charles Darwin racedoubtmen That there is much suffering in the world no one disputes. Which is more likely, that pain and evil are the result of an all-powerful and good God, or the product of uncaring natural forces? The presence of much suffering agrees well with the view that all organic beings have been developed through variation and natural selection. Charles Darwin painpowerfulviews The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory, is it then a science or faith? Charles Darwin theory-of-evolutionpeculiarfacts The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects that have ever existed. Charles Darwin affirmativeintellectatheism To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. Charles Darwin new-relationshiptruthinspirational Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relationship to other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. Charles Darwin owingvariationstruggle
