From my early youth I have had the strongest desire to understand or explain whatever I observed. ... To group all facts under some general laws.
Charles DarwinAttention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement.
Charles Darwin...conscience looks backwards and judges past actions, inducing that kind of dissatisfaction, which if weak we call regret, and if severe remorse.
Charles DarwinFor I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, often apparently leading to conclusions directly opposite to those at which I have arrived. A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.
Charles Darwin