Littles Quotes by Thomas Huxley

11 Littles quotes by Thomas Huxley

Thomas Huxley’s short statements on the little elements of existence invite a quick pause, reminding us that even modest observations can carry weighty ideas.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

It is better to read a little and thoroughly than cram a crude undigested mass into my head, though it be great…

Thomas Huxley

Image

I have no faith, very little hope, and as much charity as I can afford.

Thomas Huxley

Image

The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability.…

Thomas Huxley

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

Image

Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the…

Thomas Huxley

Image

I really see no harm which can come of giving our children a little knowledge of physiology. ... The instruction must be…

Thomas Huxley

Image

Any one who has studied the history of science knows that almost every great step therein has been made by the "anticipation…

Thomas Huxley

Image

Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception…

Thomas Huxley

Image

The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real…

Thomas Huxley

Image

As if to demonstrate, by a striking example, the impossibility of erecting any cerebral barrier between man and the apes, Nature has…

Thomas Huxley

Image

The only objections that have occurred to me are, 1st that you have loaded yourself with an unnecessary difficulty in adopting Natura…

Thomas Huxley

Image

Other authors on Littles

More by Thomas Huxley

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

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

Image

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Thomas Huxley

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

Image

Only a scientific people can survive in a scientific future.

Thomas Huxley

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

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

Image

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

Thomas Huxley

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

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

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

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

Image