Author: Thomas Huxley

Quotes

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

- Thomas Huxley

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.

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

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

- Thomas Huxley

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

- Thomas Huxley

Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.

Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.

- Thomas Huxley

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

- Thomas Huxley

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

- Thomas Huxley

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

- Thomas Huxley

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

- Thomas Huxley

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