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Biography - Charles Darwin:

English naturalist.
Born: 1809 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Es ist nicht die stärkste Spezies, die überlebt, auch nicht die intelligenteste, sondern eher diejenige, die am ehesten bereit ist, sich zu verändern.

French
Ce n'est pas la plus forte ni la plus intelligente des espèces qui survivra, mais celle qui est la plus apte à changer.




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Quotes for: strength


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Quotes about strength:


Consciousness of our powers augments them.





I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.





On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.





...and nobody knows the extent of his strength until he has tried.





There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.





Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.











Quotes for: change


Quotes

Quotes about change:


The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.





Change alone is the constant.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.





Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.





To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.











Quotes for: intelligence


Quotes

Quotes about intelligence:


Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.





To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Intelligence has value only in the service of love.





Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.





What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.





Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.











Quotes

Charles Darwin also said...


How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.





If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.





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





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





At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.





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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