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Thomas Huxley Quotes

Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth Picture Quote #1

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life Picture Quote #1

The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist Picture Quote #1

People may talk about intellectual teaching, but what we principally want is the moral teaching Picture Quote #1

Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin Picture Quote #1

The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying Picture Quote #1

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Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing Picture Quote #1

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic Picture Quote #1

I protest that if some great power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer Picture Quote #1

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box Picture Quote #1

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and it's right to exist is coextensive with it's power of resisting extinction by it's rivals Picture Quote #1

Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once Picture Quote #1

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Rome is the one great spiritual organisation which is able to resist and must, as a matter of life and death, the progress of science and modern civilization Picture Quote #1

I doubt the fact, to begin with, but if it be so even, what is this but in grand words asking me to believe a thing because I like it Picture Quote #1

Tolerably early in life I discovered that one of the unpardonable sins, in the eyes of most people, is for a man to go about unlabeled. The world regards such a person as the police do an unmuzzled dog Picture Quote #1

The occurrence of successive forms of life upon our globe is an historical fact, which cannot be disputed; and the relation of these successive forms, as stages of evolution of the same type, is established in various cases Picture Quote #1

To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we cannot conceive the contrary of any belief may be a presumption, but is certainly no proof, of its truth Picture Quote #1

In the world of letters, learning and knowledge are one, and books are the source of both; whereas in science, as in life, learning and knowledge are distinct, and the study of things, and not of books, is the source of the latter Picture Quote #1

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Genius as an explosive power beats gunpowder hollow; and if knowledge, which should give that power guidance, is wanting, the chances are not small that the rocket will simply run amuck among friends and foes Picture Quote #1

Mix salt and sand, and it shall puzzle the wisest of men, with his mere natural appliances, to separate all the grains of sand from all the grains of salt; but a shower of rain will effect the same object in ten minutes Picture Quote #1

In truth, the laboratory is the forecourt of the temple of philosophy, and whoso has not offered sacrifices and undergone purification there has little chance of admission into the sanctuary Picture Quote #1

The very existence of society depends on the fact that every member of it tacitly admits he is not the exclusive possessor of himself, and that he admits the claim of the polity of which he forms a part, to act, to some extent, as his master Picture Quote #1

That which endures is not one or another association of living forms, but the process of which the cosmos is the product, and of which these are among the transitory expressions Picture Quote #1

Unfortunately, it is much easier to shut one’s eyes to good than to evil. Pain and sorrow knock at our doors more loudly than pleasure and happiness; and the prints of their heavy footsteps are less easily effaced Picture Quote #1

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There is assuredly no more effectual method of clearing up one’s own mind on any subject than by talking it over, so to speak, with men of real power and grasp, who have considered it from a totally different point of view Picture Quote #1

As a natural process, of the same character as the development of a tree from its seed, or of a fowl from its egg, evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention Picture Quote #1

Not only does every animal live at the expense of some other animal or plant, but the very plants are at war... The individuals of a species are like the crew of a foundered ship, and none but good swimmers have a chance of reaching the land Picture Quote #1

The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind. It is simply the mode in which all phenomena are reasoned about, rendered precise and exact Picture Quote #1

To quarrel with the uncertainty that besets us in intellectual affairs would be about as reasonable as to object to live one’s life with due thought for the morrow because no man can be sure he will alive an hour hence Picture Quote #1

Matter and force are the two names of the one artist who fashions the living as well as the lifeless Picture Quote #1

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Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth (Thomas Huxley Quotes) There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life (Thomas Huxley Quotes) The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist (Thomas Huxley Quotes) People may talk about intellectual teaching, but what we principally want is the moral teaching (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin (Thomas Huxley Quotes) The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic (Thomas Huxley Quotes) I protest that if some great power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer (Thomas Huxley Quotes) The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box (Thomas Huxley Quotes) The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and it's right to exist is coextensive with it's power of resisting extinction by it's rivals (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Rome is the one great spiritual organisation which is able to resist and must, as a matter of life and death, the progress of science and modern civilization (Thomas Huxley Quotes) I doubt the fact, to begin with, but if it be so even, what is this but in grand words asking me to believe a thing because I like it (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Tolerably early in life I discovered that one of the unpardonable sins, in the eyes of most people, is for a man to go about unlabeled. The world regards such a person as the police do an unmuzzled dog (Thomas Huxley Quotes) The occurrence of successive forms of life upon our globe is an historical fact, which cannot be disputed; and the relation of these successive forms, as stages of evolution of the same type, is established in various cases (Thomas Huxley Quotes) To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we cannot conceive the contrary of any belief may be a presumption, but is certainly no proof, of its truth (Thomas Huxley Quotes) In the world of letters, learning and knowledge are one, and books are the source of both; whereas in science, as in life, learning and knowledge are distinct, and the study of things, and not of books, is the source of the latter (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Genius as an explosive power beats gunpowder hollow; and if knowledge, which should give that power guidance, is wanting, the chances are not small that the rocket will simply run amuck among friends and foes (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Mix salt and sand, and it shall puzzle the wisest of men, with his mere natural appliances, to separate all the grains of sand from all the grains of salt; but a shower of rain will effect the same object in ten minutes (Thomas Huxley Quotes) In truth, the laboratory is the forecourt of the temple of philosophy, and whoso has not offered sacrifices and undergone purification there has little chance of admission into the sanctuary (Thomas Huxley Quotes) The very existence of society depends on the fact that every member of it tacitly admits he is not the exclusive possessor of himself, and that he admits the claim of the polity of which he forms a part, to act, to some extent, as his master (Thomas Huxley Quotes) That which endures is not one or another association of living forms, but the process of which the cosmos is the product, and of which these are among the transitory expressions (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Unfortunately, it is much easier to shut one’s eyes to good than to evil. Pain and sorrow knock at our doors more loudly than pleasure and happiness; and the prints of their heavy footsteps are less easily effaced (Thomas Huxley Quotes) There is assuredly no more effectual method of clearing up one’s own mind on any subject than by talking it over, so to speak, with men of real power and grasp, who have considered it from a totally different point of view (Thomas Huxley Quotes) As a natural process, of the same character as the development of a tree from its seed, or of a fowl from its egg, evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Not only does every animal live at the expense of some other animal or plant, but the very plants are at war... The individuals of a species are like the crew of a foundered ship, and none but good swimmers have a chance of reaching the land (Thomas Huxley Quotes) The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind. It is simply the mode in which all phenomena are reasoned about, rendered precise and exact (Thomas Huxley Quotes) To quarrel with the uncertainty that besets us in intellectual affairs would be about as reasonable as to object to live one’s life with due thought for the morrow because no man can be sure he will alive an hour hence (Thomas Huxley Quotes) Matter and force are the two names of the one artist who fashions the living as well as the lifeless (Thomas Huxley Quotes)

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