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title: "Best Evolution Quotes by Charles Darwin"
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> [Although much remains obscure, and will long remain obscure, ... I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/although-much-remains-obscure-and-will-long-remain-obscure-i-am/)

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> [Not one change of species into another is on record ... we cannot prove that a single species has been changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/not-one-change-of-species-into-another-is-on-record-we-cannot-prove/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/in-the-struggle-for-survival-the-fittest-win-out-at-the-expense-of/)

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> [I would give absolutely nothing for the theory of Natural Selection, if it requires miraculous additions at any one stage of descent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-would-give-absolutely-nothing-for-the-theory-of-natural-selection/)

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> [I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-am-almost-convinced-quite-contrary-to-opinion-i-started-with-that/)

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> [I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-have-called-this-principle-by-which-each-slight-variation-if-useful/)

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> [The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-expression-often-used-by-mr-herbert-spencer-of-the-survival-of/)

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> [I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science…It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-am-quite-conscious-that-my-speculations-run-beyond-the-bounds-of/)

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> [ I am actually weary of telling people that I do not pretend to adduce \[direct\] evidence of one species changing into another,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-am-actually-weary-of-telling-people-that-i-do-not-pretend-to-adduce/)

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> [Although I am fully convinced of the truth of Evolution, I by no means expect to convince experienced naturalists. But I look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/although-i-am-fully-convinced-of-the-truth-of-evolution-i-by-no-means/)

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> [Man may be excused for feeling some pride at having risen, though not through his own exertions, to the very summit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/man-may-be-excused-for-feeling-some-pride-at-having-risen-though-not/)

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> [The belief in God has often been advanced as not only the greatest but the most complete of all the distinctions between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-belief-in-god-has-often-been-advanced-as-not-only-the-greatest/)

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> [There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/there-is-grandeur-in-this-view-of-life-with-its-several-powers-having/)

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> [I look at the natural geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept and written in a changing dialect; of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-look-at-the-natural-geological-record-as-a-history-of-the-world/)

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> [It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/it-is-not-the-most-intellectual-of-the-species-that-survives-it-is/)

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> [About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorise; and I well remember some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/about-thirty-years-ago-there-was-much-talk-that-geologists-ought-only/)

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> [I fully agree with all that you say on the advantages of Spencer's excellent expression of 'the survival of the fittest.' This,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-fully-agree-with-all-that-you-say-on-the-advantages-of-spencer-s/)

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> [At last gleams of light have come, and I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/at-last-gleams-of-light-have-come-and-i-am-almost-convinced-quite/)

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> [It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/it-may-be-said-that-natural-selection-is-daily-and-hourly/)

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> [“...But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/but-i-own-that-i-cannot-see-as-plainly-as-others-do-and-as-i-should/)

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> [“To admit that species generally become rare before they become extinct—to feel no surprise at the comparative rarity of one species with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/to-admit-that-species-generally-become-rare-before-they-become/)

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> [“Causes of Variability — Effects of Habit and the use and disuse of Parts — Correlated Variation — Inheritance — Character of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/causes-of-variability-effects-of-habit-and-the-use-and-disuse-of/)

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> [I have just finished my sketch of my species theory. If as I believe that my theory is true & if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-have-just-finished-my-sketch-of-my-species-theory-if-as-i-believe/)

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> [Although I am fully convinced of the truth of the views given in this volume under the form of an abstract, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/although-i-am-fully-convinced-of-the-truth-of-the-views-given-in-this/)

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> [From the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/from-the-war-of-nature-from-famine-and-death-the-most-exalted-object/)

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> [The man that created the theory of evolution by natural selection was thrown out by his Dad because he wanted him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-man-that-created-the-theory-of-evolution-by-natural-selection-was/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/often-a-cold-shudder-has-run-through-me-and-i-have-asked-myself/)

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> [The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-fact-of-evolution-is-the-backbone-of-biology-and-biology-is-thus-2/)

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> [“Origin of man now proved.—Metaphysics must flourish.—He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/origin-of-man-now-proved-metaphysics-must-flourish-he-who-understands/)

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> [“The small strength and speed of man, his want of natural weapons, etc., are more than counterbalanced, firstly, by his intellectual powers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-small-strength-and-speed-of-man-his-want-of-natural-weapons-etc/)

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> [It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/it-is-not-the-strongest-of-the-species-that-survives-nor-the-most-2/)

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> [“But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is immeasurably superior to man's feeble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/but-natural-selection-as-we-shall-hereafter-see-is-a-power/)

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> [But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/but-then-with-me-the-horrid-doubt-always-arises-whether-the/)

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> [The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-noble-science-of-geology-loses-glory-from-the-extreme/)

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> [It has sometimes been said that the success of the Origin proved "that the subject was in the air," or "that men's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/it-has-sometimes-been-said-that-the-success-of-the-origin-proved-that/)

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> [Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/why-then-is-not-every-geological-formation-and-every-stratum-full-of/)

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> [But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and I should wish to do, evidence of design and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/but-i-own-that-i-cannot-see-as-plainly-as-others-do-and-i-should-wish/)

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> [When I view all beings not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/when-i-view-all-beings-not-as-special-creations-but-as-the-lineal/)

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> [... if variations useful to any organic being do occur, assuredly individuals thus characterized will have the best chance of being perserved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/if-variations-useful-to-any-organic-being-do-occur-assuredly/)

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> [“As the species of the same genus usually have, though by no means invariably, much similarity in habits and constitution, and always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/as-the-species-of-the-same-genus-usually-have-though-by-no-means/)

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## Other authors on Evolution

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-nye-18005.jpg) Bill Nye 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evolution/bill-nye/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-francis-crick-35454.jpg) Francis Crick 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evolution/francis-crick/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-e-o-wilson-31102.jpg) E. O. Wilson 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evolution/e-o-wilson/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernst-mayr-33893.jpg) Ernst Mayr 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evolution/ernst-mayr/)

## More by Charles Darwin

> [The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-love-for-all-living-creatures-is-the-most-noble-attribute-of-man/)

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> [The main conclusion here arrived at ... is that man is descended from some less highly organized form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-main-conclusion-here-arrived-at-is-that-man-is-descended-from/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [So great is the economy of nature, that most flowers which are fertilised by crepuscular or nocturnal insects emit their odour chiefly or exclusively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/so-great-is-the-economy-of-nature-that-most-flowers-which-are/)

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> [I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-see-no-good-reasons-why-the-views-given-in-this-volume-should-shock/)

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> [I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science…It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/i-am-quite-conscious-that-my-speculations-run-beyond-the-bounds-of/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/if-worms-have-the-power-of-acquiring-some-notion-however-rude-of-the/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/we-can-allow-satellites-planets-suns-universe-nay-whole-systems-of/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [Formerly Milton's Paradise Lost had been my chief favourite, and in my excursions during the voyage of the Beagle, when I could take only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/formerly-milton-s-paradise-lost-had-been-my-chief-favourite-and-in-my/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are the inherited effects of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/may-we-not-suspect-that-the-vague-but-very-real-fears-of-children/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/it-may-be-said-that-natural-selection-is-daily-and-hourly/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [“Darwin, landing in Brazil in 1832, had a similar reaction, colored by his reading of his predecessor." Humboldt's glorious descriptions are & will for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/darwin-landing-in-brazil-in-1832-had-a-similar-reaction-colored-by/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [...all nature is perverse & will not do as I wish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/all-nature-is-perverse-will-not-do-as-i-wish-it/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [“To admit that species generally become rare before they become extinct—to feel no surprise at the comparative rarity of one species with another, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/to-admit-that-species-generally-become-rare-before-they-become/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/to-suppose-that-the-eye-could-have-been-formed-by-natural-selection/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

> [It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank clothed with many plants of many kinds with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/it-is-interesting-to-contemplate-an-entangled-bank-clothed-with-many/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

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