Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
Charles DarwinRead
Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the comfort and joy found in a loving partnership and simple pleasures.
Charles Darwin's quote paints a picture of domestic bliss, highlighting the warmth of a loving relationship and the enjoyment of simple, cozy moments shared with a partner. It suggests that true happiness can be found in the companionship of a supportive spouse, along with the pleasures of literature and music, creating an ideal environment for emotional and intellectual fulfillment.
In practice
This quote can be used at a wedding celebration to emphasize the beauty of a loving marriage.
Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science....It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaw[s] & holes as sound parts.
We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm--a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven.
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.
we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps
Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love' is one of those words, performative words. Some words can literally make things real.
I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is very mechanical and predictable, but love, you can't catch it.
Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.
I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.
Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.
To kiss well one must kiss solely. No groping hands or stammering hearts. The lips and the lips alone are the pleasure. Passion is sweeter split strand by strand. Divided and re-divided like mercury then gathered up only at the last moment.
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