Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
CHARLES DARWINBesides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.
More Charles Darwin Quotes
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It strikes me that all our knowledge about the structure of our Earth is very much like what an old hen would know of the hundred-acre field in a corner of which she is scratching.
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A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
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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.
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The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers.
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We are optimists, until we are not.
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Sympathy beyond the confines of man, that is, humanity to the lower animals, seems to be one of the latest moral acquisitions.
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A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone.
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The loss of tastes for poetry and music is a loss of happiness.
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Only the fittest will survive.
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The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
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In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.
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Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature’s cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception.
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Often a cold shudder has run through me, and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy.
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The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.
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In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.
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