The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. Thomas Huxley appealauthoritycourt Change image and 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
I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy. Thomas Huxley bindfeargreat 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
Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense. Thomas Huxley commonorganizescience Change image and share on social
Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. Thomas Huxley bookcounterliterature 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
The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability. Thomas Huxley imaginationlimitprobability Change image and share on social
History warns us that 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
Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation. Thomas Huxley grandeurmakenation Change image and share on social
