Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
CHARLES DARWINMan is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
CHARLES DARWINThus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
CHARLES DARWINThe most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage.
CHARLES DARWINFalse facts are highly injurious to the progress of science.
CHARLES DARWINIf every one were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty.
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 DARWINBuilding a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
CHARLES DARWINFor the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
CHARLES DARWINThe more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man’s ignorance.
CHARLES DARWINAn American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
CHARLES DARWINBesides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.
CHARLES DARWINHe who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind.
CHARLES DARWINHow paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.
CHARLES DARWINSuch simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.
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 DARWINHence, a traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment.
CHARLES DARWIN