We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.
CHARLES DARWINWe can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.
CHARLES DARWINWhat wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.
CHARLES DARWINThe love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
CHARLES DARWINNothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult, at least I have found it so – than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.
CHARLES DARWINA scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone.
CHARLES DARWINA 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 DARWINBuilding a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
CHARLES DARWINWe are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.
CHARLES DARWINThe most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile.
CHARLES DARWINThe world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.
CHARLES DARWINIt is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.
CHARLES DARWINI am not the least afraid to die.
CHARLES DARWINMuch love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love.
CHARLES DARWINI conclude that the musical notes and rhythms were first acquired by the male or female progenitors of mankind for the sake of charming the opposite sex.
CHARLES DARWINAn American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
CHARLES DARWINAt no time am I a quick thinker or writer: whatever I have done in science has solely been by long pondering, patience and industry.
CHARLES DARWIN