Quotes by : Thomas Henry Huxley

What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our....

Let us understand, once for all, that the ethical progress of society depends, not on imitating the cosmic....

The occurrence of successive forms of life upon our globe is an historical fact, which cannot be disputed;....

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful....

Act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done by hesitation.

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error but in....

Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application....

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

The tendency to variation in living beings, which all admitted as a matter of fact; the selective influence....

All organisms vary. It is in the highest degree improbable that any given variety should have exactly....