Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I have no faith, very little hope, and as much charity as I can afford. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. — Thomas Huxley 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 Copy Share Image
To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
We live in the hope and faith that, by the advance of molecular physics, we shall by-and-by be able to see our… — Thomas Huxley 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 Copy Share Image
I conceive that the leading characteristic of the nineteenth century has been the rapid growth of the scientific spirit, the consequent application… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Perhaps no order of mammals presents us with so extraordinary a series of gradations as this [step by step, from humans to apes to… — Thomas Huxley 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 according to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child and name… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the "golden hair"… — Thomas Huxley 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 be the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
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