All Charles Darwin Quotes
- I trust and believe that the time spent in this voyage ... will produce its full worth in Natural History; and it appears to me… Any
- Nothing before had ever made me thoroughly realise, though I had read various scientific books, that science consists in grouping facts so that general laws… Book
- It is mere rubbish thinking, at present, of origin of life; one might as well think of origin of matter. Life
- Any one whose disposition leads him to attach more weight to unexplained difficulties than to the explanation of facts will certainly reject my theory. Any
- I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts. Any
- Till facts be grouped and called there can be no prediction. The only advantage of discovering laws is to foretell what will happen and to… Advantage
- It has sometimes been said that the success of the Origin proved "that the subject was in the air," or "that men's minds were prepared… Across
- Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except… Aided
- Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity. Animal
- I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things; and a most perplexing problem it is. Many men who… Been
- Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a great deity. More humble and I believe true to consider him… Animal
- That there is much suffering in the world no one disputes. Which is more likely, that pain and evil are the result of an all-powerful… Agree
- The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as… Argument
- It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; It appears to… Advance
- Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight.… Analogous
- When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the… Agnosticism
- How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor how it is… Absurd
- I am aware that the assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. The idea of… Agnosticism
- But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all… Agnosticism
- A celebrated author and divine has written to me that he has gradually learned to see that it is just as noble a conception of… Act
- I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is… Accept
- As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. Agnosticism
- Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable… Agnosticism
- Sympathy for the lowest animals is one of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed. Animal
- 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 flaw[s]… Beyond