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Letter "T" » Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes
«The deepest sin of the human mind is to believe things without evidence»
«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»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
| Keywords:
abysses, humbly, notion, preconceived, preconceived notion, sit down
«Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe»
«Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
| About:
Education,
Tolerance
| Keywords:
learns, lesson, like it, most-valuable, thoroughly, training
«Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
| About:
Common sense,
Science
| Keywords:
common sense, killed, organized
«Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
| About:
Freedom,
Speech,
Truth
| Keywords:
discussion, free discussion, incompatible
«Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.»
«Learn what is true in order to do what is right.»
«There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.»
«Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.»
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