Charles Darwin Quotes, Thoughts and images

The love for all living creatures is the noblest attribute of man.

The love for all living creatures is the noblest attribute of man.

The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those ablest to change.

The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those ablest to change.

The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability.

The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability.

Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.

Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.

A man who dares to waste one hour has not discovered the value of life.

A man who dares to waste one hour has not discovered the value of life.

The more one thinks the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance.

The more one thinks the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there.

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there.

Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature's cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception.

Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature's cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception.

It is always advisable to perceive our ignorance.

It is always advisable to perceive our ignorance.

Some call it evolution, And others call it God.

Some call it evolution, And others call it God.

I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men

I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men

It is impossible to conceive of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.

It is impossible to conceive of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.

Only the fittest will survive.

Only the fittest will survive.

Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.

Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

It's not the strongest, but the most adaptable that survive.

It's not the strongest, but the most adaptable that survive.

Much love many trials, but what an utter desert is a life without love.

Much love many trials, but what an utter desert is a life without love.

An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.

An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

I am dying by inches, from not having anybody to talk to about insects.

I am dying by inches, from not having anybody to talk to about insects.

If the misery of the poor is caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

If the misery of the poor is caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.

Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.

Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.

Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.

Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.

Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.

Free will is to mind what chance is to matter.

Free will is to mind what chance is to matter.

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

Even people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits.

Even people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits.

The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers.

The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers.

we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps.

we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps.

We are optimists until we are not.

We are optimists until we are not.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.