The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. -Thomas Huxley Faith
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. -Thomas Huxley Faith
The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. -Thomas Huxley Wisdom
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. -Thomas Huxley Wisdom
It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy. -Thomas Huxley Sad
No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. -Thomas Huxley Freedom
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. -Thomas Huxley Brainy
My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. -Thomas Huxley Business
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. -Thomas Huxley Science
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. -Thomas Huxley Knowledge
Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. -Thomas Huxley Truth
The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. -Thomas Huxley Peace
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. -Thomas Huxley Science
Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother. -Thomas Huxley Equality
Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. -Thomas Huxley Freedom
