Quotes by Charles Darwin
“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.”— Charles Darwin
“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”— Charles Darwin
“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.”— Charles Darwin
“The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic.”— Charles Darwin
“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one...”— Charles Darwin
“An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.”— Charles Darwin
“Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.”— Charles Darwin
“A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.”— Charles Darwin
“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.”— Charles Darwin
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”— Charles Darwin