"Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than……" — Thomas Huxley

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. - Thomas Huxley

"Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

— Thomas Huxley

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195 Quotes by Thomas Huxley

Thomas Huxley has 195 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of…
What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as…
For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold…
There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it…
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a…
Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so…
That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is…
Veracity is the heart of morality.
If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining…
If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room…
Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts…

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim… — Isaac Asimov
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great… — Isaac Asimov
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all. — Charles Babbage
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. — Francis Bacon
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you… — Francis Bacon
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. — Lord Acton
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our… — Bruce Barton
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life… — Bernard Baruch
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. — Orlando Aloysius Battista

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