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
My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. Thomas Huxley aspirationbusinessconfirm Change image and share on social
The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental. Thomas Huxley damnablyfollyinjustice 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
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 not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. Thomas Huxley attemptbeliefcall 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
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? Thomas Huxley dangerdangerousknowledge Change image and share on social
