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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

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The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

Charles Darwin

Love, Life, Nature

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.25, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.

Charles Darwin

World, Able, Progressive

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The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability.

Charles Darwin

Survival, Important, Adaptability

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Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life

Charles Darwin

Form, Relation

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It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.

Charles Darwin

Leadership, Teaching, Learning

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I ought, or I ought not, constitute the whole of morality.

Charles Darwin

Morality, Ought, Whole

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

Charles Darwin

Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.

Charles Darwin

Building, Results, Mice

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It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.

Charles Darwin

Inspirational, Men, Evil

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I never gave up Christianity until I was forty years of age.

Charles Darwin

Years, Age, Christianity

Charles Darwin (2008). “On the Origin of Species”, Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated

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

Charles Darwin

Inspirational, Views, Ordinary

Charles Darwin (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)”, p.5428, Delphi Classics

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The more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance.

Charles Darwin

Ignorance, Men, Thinking

Charles Darwin (1903). “More Letters of Charles Darwin (Complete)”, p.520, Library of Alexandria

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

Charles Darwin

Friendship, Wisdom, Men

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.24, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.

Charles Darwin

Inspirational, Confidence, Atheist

Charles Darwin (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)”, p.6343, Delphi Classics

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Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.

Charles Darwin

Simple, Bees, Instinct

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.6, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Some call it evolution, And others call it God.

Charles Darwin

Evolution

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In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.

Charles Darwin

Teamwork, Creativity, Knowledge

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.23, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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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 that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

Charles Darwin

Positive, Confidence, Ignorance

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.33, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight. This follows from the extreme difficulty or rather impossibility of conceiving this immense and wonderful universe, including man with his capacity of looking far backwards and far into futurity, as the result of blind chance or necessity. When thus reflecting I feel compelled to look to a First Cause having an intelligent mind in some degree analogous to that of man; and I deserve to be called a Theist.

Charles Darwin

Intelligent, Men, Feelings

Charles Darwin (1887). “The Autobiography of Charles Darwin”, p.70, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.

Charles Darwin

Mind, Would Be, Agnostic

Charles Darwin (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)”, p.11757, Delphi Classics

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The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects that have ever existed.

Charles Darwin

Atheism, Intellect, Affirmative

Charles Darwin (2016). “The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics)”, p.131, Diversion Books

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

Charles Darwin

Humility, Animal, Slave

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.16, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Much love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love.

Charles Darwin

Love Life, Desert, Trials

"Darwin letters evolve to web" by James Randerson, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2007.

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It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Charles Darwin

Honesty, Ignorance, Humility

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.22, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Born: February 12, 1809
Died: April 19, 1882
Occupation: Naturalist
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