I cannot but think that he who finds a certain proportion of pain and evil inseparably woven up in the life of… — Thomas Huxley Bears Copy Share Image
Men can intoxicate themselves with ideas as effectually as with alcohol or with bang and produce, be dint of serious thinking, mental… — Thomas Huxley Alcohol Copy Share Image
A man who speaks out honestly and fearlessly that which he knows, and that which he believes, will always enlist the good… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I know of no department of natural science more likely to reward a man who goes into it thoroughly than anthropology. There… — Thomas Huxley Anthropology Copy Share Image
No one who has lived in the world as long as you & I have, can entertain the pious delusion that it… — Thomas Huxley Astronomy Copy Share Image
If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an… — Thomas Huxley Brain Copy Share Image
People never will recollect that mere learning and mere cleverness are of next to no value in life, while energy and intellectual… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever… — Thomas Huxley Abyss Copy Share Image
Protoplasm, simple or nucleated, is the formal basis of all life. It is the clay of the potter: which, bake it and… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The very existence of society depends on the fact that every member of it tacitly admits he is not the exclusive possessor… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it… — Thomas Huxley Anarchy Copy Share Image
Genius as an explosive power beats gunpowder hollow; and if knowledge, which should give that power guidance, is wanting, the chances are… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
To quarrel with the uncertainty that besets us in intellectual affairs would be about as reasonable as to object to live one's… — Thomas Huxley Affair Copy Share Image
The quarrels of theologians and philosophers have not been about religion, but about philosophy; and philosophers not unfrequently seem to entertain the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Material advancement has its share in moral and intellectual progress. Becky Sharp's acute remark that it is not difficult to be virtuous… — Thomas Huxley Advancement Copy Share Image
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature, under which name I include not merely things and their… — Thomas Huxley Affection Copy Share Image
There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections) nothing that satisfies quiet reflection--except the sense of having worked… — Thomas Huxley Ability Copy Share Image
No man is any the worse off because another acquires wealth by trade, or by the exercise of a profession; on the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Regarded anatomically, the resemblances between the foot of Man and the foot of the Gorilla are far more striking and important than… — Thomas Huxley Apes Copy Share Image
In the world of letters, learning and knowledge are one, and books are the source of both; whereas in science, as in… — Thomas Huxley Book Copy Share Image
In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to… — Thomas Huxley Agnostic Copy Share Image
What men need is, as much knowledge as they can assimilate and organize into a basis for action; give them more and… — Thomas Huxley Action Copy Share Image
It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodeling… — Thomas Huxley Adaptation Copy Share Image
You may read any quantity of books, and you may almost as ignorant as you were at starting, if you don't have,… — Thomas Huxley Book Copy Share Image
My belief is that no human being or society composed of human beings ever did or ever will come to much unless… — Thomas Huxley Belief Copy Share Image
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in which there is more need of good… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The only good that I can see in the demonstration of the truth of "Spiritualism" is to furnish an additional argument against… — Thomas Huxley Argument Copy Share Image
If every man possessed everything he wanted, and no one had the power to interfere with such possession; or if no man… — Thomas Huxley Damage Copy Share Image
Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff of any degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what… — Thomas Huxley Data Copy Share Image
A good man: body serves his will and enjoys hard work, clear intellect that understands the truths of nature, full of passion… — Thomas Huxley Art Copy Share Image
It is a popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under an obligation not to go beyond generalisation of observed facts...but anyone… — Thomas Huxley Delusion Copy Share Image
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call… — Thomas Huxley Chess Copy Share Image
To persons uninstructed in natural history, their country or seaside stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of… — Thomas Huxley Art Copy Share Image
In truth, the laboratory is the forecourt of the temple of philosophy, and whoso has not offered sacrifices and undergone purification there… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The population question is the real riddle of the sphinx, to which no political Oedipus has as yet found the answer. In… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Not only do I disbelieve in the need for compensation, but I believe that the seeking for rewards and punishments out of… — Thomas Huxley Afterlife Copy Share Image
