Famous Thomas Huxley Quotes

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.
Use this quote  

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.
Use this quote  

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
Use this quote  

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.
Use this quote  

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.
Use this quote  

My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don't get right.
Use this quote  

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.
Use this quote  

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

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

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me.
Use this quote