238 Quotes by Thomas Henry Huxley

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth.

Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside the bundle.

Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind’s throwing?

No man is any the worse off because another acquires wealth by trade, or by the exercise of a profession; on the contrary, he cannot have acquired his wealth except by benefiting others to the extent of what they considered to be its value.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science, as strangled snakes beside that of Hercules.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

Not only do I disbelieve in the need for compensation, but I believe that the seeking for rewards and punishments out of this lifeleads men to a ruinous ignorance of the fact that their inevitable rewards and punishments are here.

I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth.