"Free will is to mind what chance is…" — Charles Darwin

"Free will is to mind what chance is to matter."

— Charles Darwin

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288 Quotes by Charles Darwin

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Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion but it would take an…
Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the…
If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their…
So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special…
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their…
It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in…
It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain…
Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then…
May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are…
The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that…
Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one…

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those… — Adam Arkin
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. — Jane Austen
Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality… — Paul Auster
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own… — Paul Auster
First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance… — Oksana Baiul
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. — Abigail Adams
In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites… — Ansel Adams
Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing. — Honore de Balzac
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be… — Ernie Banks

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