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 abysschildconceive Change image and share on social
All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. Thomas Huxley clarifycommonlong Change image and share on social
The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me. Thomas Huxley carecheapfreedom Change image and share on social
In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. Thomas Huxley factrarelyrefuse Change image and share on social
Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. Thomas Huxley discussionfreefreedom Change image and share on social
The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false. Thomas Huxley doctrinefalsehonest Change image and share on social
Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit. Thomas Huxley articlecreditexclusively Change image and share on social
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. Thomas Huxley enablefoothigh Change image and share on social
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting. Thomas Huxley ambitiouscontentdespise share on social
Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards. Thomas Huxley guidancehazardsubmit Change image and share on social
