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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
Creation,' in the ordinary sense of the word, is perfectly conceivable. I find no difficulty in conceiving that, at some former period,… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Tolerably early in life I discovered that one of the unpardonable sins, in the eyes of most people, is for a man… — Thomas Huxley Dog Copy Share Image
I cannot say that I am in the slightest degree impressed by your bigness, or your material resources, as such. Size is… — Thomas Huxley Bigness Copy Share Image
There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the… — Thomas Huxley Action Copy Share Image
Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as… — Thomas Huxley Absolutes Copy Share Image
True science and true religion are twin sisters, and the separation of either from the other is sure to prove the death… — 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
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw… — Thomas Huxley Clubs Copy Share Image
Even in the important matter of cranial capacity, Men differ more widely from one another than they do from the Apes; while… — Thomas Huxley Apes 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
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
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
Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the… — Thomas Huxley Brain Copy Share Image
For myself I say deliberately, it is better to have a millstone tied round the neck and be thrown into the sea… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
. . . I fail to find a trace [in Protestantism] of any desire to set reason free. The most that can… — Thomas Huxley Bible Copy Share Image
![“. . . I fail to find a trace [in Protestantism] of any desire to set reason free. The most that can be discovered is a proposal to change masters. From being a slave of the papacy, the intellect was to become the serf of the Bible.” quote by Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/thomas-huxley-1183_bible_i-fail-to-find-a-trace-in-protestantism_1736418.png)