Hey there, curious minds and evolutionary enthusiasts! Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey through time as we dive into the brilliant mind of one of history's most influential scientists. In this blog article, we're unleashing a treasure trove of 50 captivating Charles Darwin quotes that will make you ponder, marvel, and perhaps even spark a “Eureka!” moment. So, let's buckle up as we explore the wisdom of Charles Darwin and unlock the secrets of natural selection!
In a world brimming with discoveries and innovations, Charles Darwin stands tall as a pioneer who rocked the very foundation of science. His groundbreaking theory of evolution through natural selection has not only transformed our understanding of life's diversity but has also ignited debates that resonate to this day. As we journey through these fifty evolutionary quotes, we'll not only witness the genius of Darwin but also uncover the moments that shaped his revolutionary ideas. From his observations during the iconic voyage of the HMS Beagle to the profound insights he shared in his monumental work “On the Origin of Species,” each quote takes us one step closer to grasping the intricacies of life's intricate dance of adaptation. So, fasten your seatbelts and get ready to revel in the wisdom of Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary biology!
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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 the most adaptable to change.”
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“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
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“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
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“The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic.”
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“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
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“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
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“The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.”
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“The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.”
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“I love fools' experiments. I am always making them.”
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“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.”
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“A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone.”
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“I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.”
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“The eyes of a bird are placed on each side of its head because it must look on all sides to see its enemies.”
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“The more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance.”
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“The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.”
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“A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.”
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“We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities… still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.”
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“An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.”
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“We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.”
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“If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
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“I have tried lately to read Shakespeare and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.”
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“I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.”
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“Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.”
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“Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.”
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“The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.”
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“I feel most deeply that this whole question of Creation is too profound for human intellect. A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton!”
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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 to their environment.”
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“At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace the savage races throughout the world.”
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“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.”
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“How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.”
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“Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.”
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“Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.”
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“It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
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“It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.”
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“It has often and confidently been asserted that man's origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
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“The highest stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.”
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“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
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“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one.”
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“A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.”
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“The more I work, the more I feel the beauty of the world.”
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“How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.”
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“The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic.”
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“What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel works of nature!”
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“The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.”
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“Man can act only on external and visible characters: nature cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they may be useful to any being.”
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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 the most adaptable to change.”
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“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
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“The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic.”
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“I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.”
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“We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities… still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.”
