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 absolutelyacknowledgeauthority Change image and share on social
Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. Thomas Huxley clevernesspatiencetenacity Change image and share on social
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 activityartcounsellor Change image and share on social
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. Thomas Huxley dangerousgoodhigh Change image and share on social
It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end as superstitions. Thomas Huxley begincustomaryend Change image and share on social
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. Thomas Huxley appealauthoritycourt Change image and share on social
I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. Thomas Huxley agreebedclock share on social
It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body. Thomas Huxley artificialbodyeducation Change image and share on social
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 happylifemake Change image and share on social
The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals. Thomas Huxley coextensiveexistexistence share on social