Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

Universities, Actual & Ideal

Opinion Quotes Politics Quotes

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

Philosophical Quotes Science Quotes Religious Quotes

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.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

Knowledge Quotes Faith Quotes Sin Quotes

There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections), nothing that satisfies quiet reflection, except the sense of having worked according to one’s capacity and light to make things clear and get rid of cant and shams of all sorts.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley