Charles Darwin Quotes & Wallpapers

Total Quotes: 427

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone. Charles Darwin

On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation. 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

The explanation of types of structure in classes - as resulting from the will of the Deity, to create animals on certain plans - is no explanation. It has not the character of a physical law and is therefore utterly useless. It foretells nothing because we know nothing of the will of the Deity, how it acts and whether constant or inconstant like that of man. Charles Darwin

We fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly. Charles Darwin

The impossibility of conceiving that this grand and wondrous universe, with our conscious selves, arose through chance, seems to me the chief argument for the existence of God. Charles Darwin

After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to me probable: from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. Charles Darwin

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