It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
CHARLES DARWINIt is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
CHARLES DARWINThe love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
CHARLES DARWINThe highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
CHARLES DARWINMan in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy of the interposition of a deity. More humble, and I believe truer, to consider him created from animals.
CHARLES DARWINNothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life.
CHARLES DARWINWe are optimists, until we are not.
CHARLES DARWINI see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.
CHARLES DARWINEven people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits.
CHARLES DARWINIn conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.
CHARLES DARWINI am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.
CHARLES DARWINAn agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.
CHARLES DARWINIt is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
CHARLES DARWINThere is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.
CHARLES DARWINIt is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.
CHARLES DARWINTo suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree
CHARLES DARWINThe willing horse is always overworked.
CHARLES DARWIN