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Thomas Huxley Quotes

Thomas Huxley quotes

English Scientist May 4, 1825 – June 29, 1895

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Thomas Huxley quote: "The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at..."
The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction. Thomas Huxley
I suppose that, so long as the human mind exists, it will not escape its deep-seated instinct to personify its intellectual conceptions. The science of the present day is as full of this particular form of intellectual shadow-worship as is the nescience of ignorant ages. The difference is that the philosopher who is worthy of the name knows that his personified hypotheses, such as law, force and ether, and the like, are merely useful symbols, while the ignorant and the careless take them for... Thomas Huxley
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
Thomas Huxley quote: "Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of..."
Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely."
Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "The man of science has learned to believe in justification,..."
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. Thomas Huxley
The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless..."
Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. Thomas Huxley
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, whether you like it or not. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to..."
Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the..."
The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed. Thomas Huxley
I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion so as to make the meaning of it as a process of evolution intelligible to the young. Thomas Huxley
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. Thomas Huxley
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land. Thomas Huxley
The soul stands related to the body as the bell of a clock to the works, and consciousness answers to the sound which the bell gives out when it is struck Thomas Huxley

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