On The Origin of Species Quotes

“Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult—at least I found it so—than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:life

“And thus, the forms of life throughout the universe become divided into groups subordinate to groups.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:life

“A grain in the balance may determine which individuals shall live and which shall die—which variety or species shall increase in number, and which shall decrease, or finally become extinct.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:death

“Some highly competent authorities are convinced that the setter is directly derived from the spaniel, and has probably been slowly altered from it.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:time

“Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:timesciencehistory

“from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:beautysimplicity

“I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:religionscience

“Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:goodnatureman

“But Natural Selection, we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:natureman

“When we reflect on this struggle we may console ourselves with the full belief that the war of nature is not incessant, that no fear is felt, that death is generally prompt, and that the vigorous, the healthy, and the happy survive and multiply.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

topic:nature