All Charles Darwin Quotes
- I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone. Anyone
- We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence. Detail
- I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true for if so the plain language of the text seems to… All
- Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult - at least I have found… Admit
- He who understands baboons would do more towards metaphysics than Locke. Baboons
- 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