
“Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.”
Source: The Origin of Species
Darwin's first published expression of the concept of natural selection.
"On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection" Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London: Zoology (read 1 July 1853; published 20 August 1858) volume 3, pages 45-62, at page 51 http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=7&itemID=F350&viewtype=image
Other letters, notebooks, journal articles, recollected statements
“Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.”
Source: The Origin of Species
"7th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Q2Db17v5U, Youtube (February 27, 2008)
Youtube, Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
Autobiographical Recollections of C. R. Leslie with Selections from his correspondence
“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
Source: Tablets
https://twitter.com/richarddawkins/status/566866395540246528 (15 February 2015)
Twitter
Source: On Human Communication (1957), Syntactic, Semantic, and Pragmatic Information, p. 244-5 Source: See Weaver's section of reference 297. Source: (1951). Lectures on Communication Theory, M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Colin Cherry / Quotes / On Human Communication (1957) / Syntactic, Semantic, and Pragmatic Information
The opening phrase of this chapter after which the chapter is named in Chinese.
Source: The Analects, Chapter IV
Darwin's Dangerous Disciple: An Interview by Frank Miele (1995)