I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'. Thomas Huxley More Quotes by Thomas Huxley More Quotes From Thomas Huxley Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas Huxley educationalwittygraduation It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. Thomas Huxley argumentdignityhumility Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. Thomas Huxley educationsuccesslife The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity. Thomas Huxley successlifechildren The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge. Thomas Huxley giving-upbelievelying God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me. Thomas Huxley facesgivingfacts Science is simply common sense at its best. Thomas Huxley mathmotivationalscience It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains. Thomas Huxley freedominspiringmen And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. Thomas Huxley patienceinspirationallife The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. Thomas Huxley murdererthievesmankind The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley educationbeautifulbeauty Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. Thomas Huxley suicidesciencebelieve The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. Thomas Huxley faithsciencebelieve Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Thomas Huxley common-senselogicscience In the world of letters, learning and knowledge are one, and books are the source of both; whereas in science, as in life, learning and knowledge are distinct, and the study of things, and not of books, is the source of the latter. Thomas Huxley bookworldknowledge 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 sinblindscience The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear. Thomas Huxley libertypoliticspolitical Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. ... Positively the principle may be expressed: In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. Thomas Huxley principlesessencelying The Bible account of the creation of Eve is a preposterous fable. Thomas Huxley fablescreationbible Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother. Thomas Huxley human-equalityequalitybrother
