It ought not to be unpleasant to say that which one honestly believes or disbelieves. That it so constantly is painful to do so, is quite enough obstacle to the progress of mankind in that most valuable of all qualities, honesty of word or of deed. 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 shadowlawmind Whatever evil voices may rage, Science, secure among the powers that are eternal, will do her work and be blessed. Thomas Huxley voiceblessedscience 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 ethicalidealismbelief 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 educationcountryart 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 laweducationmoving 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 miracledevelopmentanimal Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth Thomas Huxley unfaithfulnessunfaithful Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. Thomas Huxley speechorderthinking The birth of science was the death of superstition. Thomas Huxley superstitionssciencedeath My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. Thomas Huxley tryingintegrityfacts 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 weaknessseareality 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 twinsdepthreligious 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 eyedogmen 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 realbelieveknowledge Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. Thomas Huxley trusttruthtime 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 motivationalinspirationallife Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady. Thomas Huxley realselfinspirational Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley common-sensebeautifulscience 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 eyemenlife All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. Thomas Huxley honestytruthrunning
