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1/18/12

Charles Darwin Quotes


"A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." ~Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." ~Charles Darwin


“An immense gulf is unexpectedly seen through the trees. This kind of view was to me quite novel, and extremely magnificent.” ~Charles Darwin,   The Voyage of the Beagle, book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 

journalising his journey around the world aboard H.M.S. Beagle (this quote is featured in a rock sculpture gallery at Echo Point, The Three Sisters in Katoomba)


"Farewell, Australia! You are a rising infant and doubtless someday will reign a great princess in the South: but you are too great and ambitious for affection, yet not great enough for respect. I leave your shores without sorrow or regret." ~Charles Darwin, on his departure from Australia, 14 March 1836

"I am not the least afraid to die." ~Charles Darwin

“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.” ~Charles Darwin, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82

"If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature,  but by our institutions,  great is our sin. " ~Charles Darwin 

"It is not the most intellectual or the strongest of species that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able to adapt to and adjust best to the changing environment in which it finds itself." ~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 

"Language is an art, like brewing or baking.... It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt." ~Charles Darwin

"My second life will begin and it shall be as a birthday for the rest of my life." ~Charles Darwin, on his letter to Captain FitzRoy

"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man." ~Charles Darwin

"There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness and misery." ~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 (1809-1882)

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