The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. - Thomas Huxley 1 Share Now -
The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. - Thomas Huxley 2 Share Now -
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 3 Share Now -
Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah. - Thomas Huxley 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
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 6 Share Now -
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 7 Share Now -
No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. - Thomas Huxley 8 Share Now -
