All Charles Darwin Quotes
- As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend… Advances
- Wherever the European had trod, death seemed to pursue the aboriginal. Aboriginal
- The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects… Affirmative
- I think it inevitably follows, that as new species in the course of time are formed through natural selection, others will become rarer and rarer,… Become Rarer
- At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world… Almost Certainly
- Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive. Based
- The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. All
- If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would… Absolutely
- But just in proportion as this process of extermination has acted on an enormous scale, so must the number of intermediate varieties, which have formerly… Acted
- But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower… All
- I could show fight on natural selection having done and doing more for the progress of civilization than you seem inclined to admit. Remember what… Admit
- ...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear. Important
- Englishmen rarely cry, except under the pressure of the acutest grief; whereas in some parts of the Continent the men shed tears much more readily… Acutest
- Often a cold shudder has run through me, and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy. Asked
- Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory. Beehive
- It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance. Advisable
- Multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die. Die
- Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral. Animal
- Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. All
- We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it. Concerned
- To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search… Advancement
- we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps Admitting
- Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and… Cataclysms
- As natural selection acts by competition, it adapts the inhabitants of each country only in relation to the degree of perfection of their associates; so… Acts
- Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends. Good