History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. Thomas Huxley More Quotes by Thomas Huxley More Quotes From Thomas Huxley Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind's throwing? Thomas Huxley shadow law mind Whatever evil voices may rage, Science, secure among the powers that are eternal, will do her work and be blessed. Thomas Huxley voice blessed science My belief is that no human being or society composed of human beings ever did or ever will come to much unless their conduct was governed and guided by the love of some ethical ideal. Thomas Huxley ethical idealism belief To persons uninstructed in natural history, their country or seaside stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall. Thomas Huxley education country art Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature, under which name I include not merely things and their forces, but people and their ways; and the fashioning of the affections and of the will into an earnest and loving desire to move in harmony with those laws. Thomas Huxley law education moving The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes with her operations; but of all the perennial miracles she offers to his inspection, perhaps the most worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo. Thomas Huxley miracle development animal Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth Thomas Huxley unfaithfulness unfaithful Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. Thomas Huxley speech order thinking The birth of science was the death of superstition. Thomas Huxley superstitions science death My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. Thomas Huxley trying integrity facts For myself I say deliberately, it is better to have a millstone tied round the neck and be thrown into the sea than to share the enterprises of those to whom the world has turned, and will turn, because they minister to its weaknesses and cover up the awful realities which it shudders to look at. Thomas Huxley weakness sea reality True science and true religion are twin sisters, and the separation of either from the other is sure to prove the death of both. Science prospers exactly in proportion as it is religious; and religion flourishes in exact proportion to the scientific depth and firmness of its basis. Thomas Huxley twins depth religious Tolerably early in life I discovered that one of the unpardonable sins, in the eyes of most people, is for a man to go about unlabeled. The world regards such a person as the police do an unmuzzled dog. Thomas Huxley eye dog men The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real and genuine, I do not believe that it is other than a very valuable posession, however infinitesimal its quantity may be. Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger? Thomas Huxley real believe knowledge Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. Thomas Huxley trust truth time Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing. Thomas Huxley motivational inspirational life Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady. Thomas Huxley real self inspirational Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley common-sense beautiful science For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them. Thomas Huxley eye men life All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. Thomas Huxley honesty truth running
