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Charles Darwin. Mean, Intelligent, Survival. 166 Copy quote. The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability. Charles Darwin. Survival, Important, Adaptability. 29 Copy quote. The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.
On the Origin of Species ch. 3 (1859) 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, that lives within the means available and works co-operatively against common threats. Charles Darwin. Mean, Intelligent, Survival.
Charles Darwin (2012). “On the Origin of the Species and The Voyage of the Beagle”, p.254, Graphic Arts Books. He who is not content to look, like a savage, at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, cannot any longer believe that man is the work of a separate act of creation ... Man is the co-descendant with other mammals of a common ...
The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability. Charles Darwin. Survival, Important, Adaptability. Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence. Charles Darwin. Mean, Men, Survival. Charles Darwin (2016).
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.25, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.
Charles Darwin (2010). “The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 7: The Geology of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle, Part I: Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs”, p.3, NYU Press So great is the economy of nature, that most flowers which are fertilised by crepuscular or nocturnal insects emit their odour chiefly or exclusively in the evening.
The presence of much suffering agrees well with the view that all organic beings have been developed through variation and natural selection. Charles Darwin. Pain, Powerful, Views. Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science. Charles Darwin.
I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more, in proportion to the whole skeleton, than do the same bones in the wild duck; and this change may be safely attributed to the domestic duck flying much less, and walking more, than its wild parents. Charles Darwin (2010). “The Origin of Species: A ...
47 Copy quote. Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. Charles Darwin. Positive, Confidence, Ignorance. Charles Darwin (2015).
It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist. ... I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God. Charles Darwin. Atheist, Men, Doubt. "Darwin's complex loss of faith" by Nick Spencer, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2009.
