Thomas Henry Huxley ( 9 of 19 )
Veracity is the heart of morality.
Veracity is the heart of morality.
There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early
in life.
There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early
in life.
The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to read more
The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.
...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by read more
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough read more
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. - Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley.
It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help read more
It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help of scientific errors
