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28 quotes by Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin, FRS (/ˈdɑrwɪn/; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory.[I] He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called...
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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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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert... →

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

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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 cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their... →

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The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

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Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.

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I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

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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... →

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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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I love fools' experiments. I am always making them.

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I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.

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